SOCI 331--Racial & Cultural Minorities--Spring 2008

 
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Syllabus

NOTE: FINAL EXAM WILL BE ON WED., MAY 14, 1:30-4:00, in FH 132

Group Discussion (general guidelines)

SU AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH EVENTS CALENDAR

Web Readings

 

Lecture  Note Outlines (Helpful for test prep as review study guides for notes & point to key parts of readings)

    Background Concepts & Theories

    African Americans

    Hispanic / Latino/a Americans

    Asian Americans

 

    Native Americans / American Indians

    White Ethnics & Others

    Prejudice and Discrimination

    Race  & Residence

 

    Criminal Justice

    Media

    Work

    Immigration

    Blurring Boundaries?

 

 

FYI: Socio-Economic Status (SES) data on Racial and Ethnic Groups  (Blank Rdg. #6 tables & a few others)

 

Issues to Consider for Group Discussion (& may help with ideas for RDP's, but not required to use):

 African Americans

Hispanic or Latino/a Americans

Asian Americans

 

Native Americans / American Indians

White Ethnics & Others

Prejudice and Discrimination

Race  & Residence

 

Criminal Justice

Media

Work

Blurring Boundaries

 

For Your Application Paper (Due May 7), you need to find and discuss at least 1 academic article (out of 2 total -- 1 can be popular press).

Here are some sociology & related journals (nearly all of which we have hard copies of in the library; see current periodicals area [alpha. listed / shelved there]): Social Forces, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Problems, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Perspectives, Signs (gender), Sex Roles, Law and Society, Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Social Issues, International Social Science Journal, Social Science Journal, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Policy and Practice of Public Human Services, Journal of Sociology and Social Work, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science and Medicine, NACLA report on the Americas, American Journal of Economic and Sociology.

Also, you can use the on-line part of library article databases, especially, JSTOR (listed under "Social Sciences & Humanities" of article resources page on SU library web site (http://www.salisbury.edu/library/articles.html). You can do key word searches there and retrieve full-text articles — but not in the most recent 2-3 years (so articles are sometimes a bit older, but that is OK).

For Popular press article (you can use 1) can be obtained from many different web sites or hard copies of articles. The best library database for such is "Lexis-Nexis Academic" under 'General - Multidisciplinary" section of article search page of library web site