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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
SOC D077X
Course Title (CB02)
Special Projects in Sociology
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2021
Course Description
This course consists of individual or group projects in sociology that deal with one or more aspects of the field of sociology.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This variable unit course is an elective. It is a stand-alone course and fills elective requirements for major preparation requirements in the discipline of Sociology for at least one CSU. This special projects course allows for flexibility to address on short notice current issues that arise in society for which we do not already have a specific curriculum. It allows for diversity in the lower division sociology curriculum not met by the rest of the course offerings.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
Yes
Foothill Course ID
SOC F036., SOC F036X, SOC F036Y, SOC F036Z

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to CSU only

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
2.0
Maximum Credit Units
2.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours0.00.0
Laboratory Hours6.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
0.0
Laboratory
72.0
Total
72.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
0.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
0.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

(Consent of instructor and division dean and an approved Special Projects Contract is required.)

(Not open to students with credit in SOC D077Y.)

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

Methods of Instruction

Discussion of assigned reading

Field observation and field trips

Homework and extended projects

Collaborative projects

Assignments

  1. To be determined in consultation with instructor. See 3, 4 and 5 of Special Project Contract.
  2. Examples such as assigned readings, original research, reflective journals or essays, literature reviews, oral conferences with the instructor or classmates and/or a major analytical research paper.

Methods of Evaluation

  1. To be determined in consultation with the instructor: written assignments in the form of journals to be evaluated based on ability to apply a sociological imagination to the chosen topic
  2. Regularly scheduled one-on-one conferences with the instructor, evaluated based on the student's progress in developing a sociological imagination in relation to the topic
  3. To be determined in consultation with the instructor: a final or culminating analytical essay or paper to be evaluated based on ability to apply a sociological imagination to the chosen topic

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None.
Essential College Facilities:
  • None.

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
In consultation with the instructor, texts and required readings will be assigned as appropriate to the special project

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
None.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Student will complete project objectives/requirements as determined in 3, 4, and 5 of the Special Projects Contract.

CSLOs

  • Develop a sociological imagination, which is the ability to evaluate the effects of cultural, structural, historical, geographical and institutional and stratification processes on groups and individuals, including one's own experiences.

Outline

  1. Student will complete project objectives/requirements as determined in 3, 4, and 5 of the Special Projects Contract.
    1. Research literature in the relevant sociological subfield including both sociological theory and empirical research.
    2. Produce scholarly work that applies sociological research and theories to the selected topic
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