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HDSR
390 Junior
Seminar Spring,
2013
Gary
S. Gregg http://people.kzoo.edu/ggregg/ |
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The course
will provide junior H.D.S.R. majors with a core set of interdisciplinary
perspectives on domestic and international social processes. These will seek to establish links between
psychological, social milieu, and macro-social levels of analysis. A “Social Epidemiology” perspective --
emphasizing the health and well-being outcomes associated with social institutions
and processes -- will provide an organizing framework for the course. Topics of social class, work, and gender
(weeks 1 - 5) and modernization / underdevelopment (weeks 6 - 10) will be
examined in depth. For each
reading, a team of two students will prepare a 5 to10 minute class
presentation -- summarizing main concepts, research findings, and the
authors’ interpretations. The other
seminar participants will play the role of enthusiastic discussants, raising
insightful questions about the reading and offering provocative reflections
on its implications. Assignments Students
will write two brief (3 page) theory papers, which they then will develop
into 10 -12 page research papers -- applying the “Society and Health” model
and theories of “Modernization and Underdevelopment” to specific cases. Grading will be based on these papers (40%
for each research paper) and class participation (in-class presentations and
active participation in discussions -- 20%). S.I.P.
Development The seminar
will also assist students in designing their Senior Independent
Projects. According to College
practice and Psych-Soc-Anthro
departmental policies, the development and execution of S.I.P.s is not
to be incorporated into regular academic courses. But because many students need to develop a
S.I.P. in the Spring Quarter after returning from study abroad, H.D.S.R. has
decided to incorporate a series of S.I.P.-planning activities and assignments
into the Junior Seminar. Please
understand that your S.I.P.-planning activities are not part of the
academic work for the Junior Seminar.
You will receive feedback on the assignments, but they will not be
graded. It is crucial for the success
of your S.I.P. that you devote the time they require, and complete them on schedule. S.I.P. Planning Assignments S.I.P.
research interests statement week
2
Meetings
with SIP coordinator weeks
2 & 3 S.I.P. advisors assigned week 3
Meetings with SIP advisors weeks 4 & 5
S.I.P. proposal due week 6
(including submitted IRP application) Revise
S.I.P. proposal week
7 - 8
S.I.P.
contract due week
9 Paper
Due Dates Social
epidemiology basic concepts paper Week
4 Social
epidemiology applied paper Week 6
Modernization
basic concepts paper Week
8 Modernization
& Underdevelopment paper day
of final |
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H.D.S.R.
Junior Seminar Syllabus |
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Week |
Topic |
Assignment |
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1 Tues. |
Introduction |
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1
Thurs |
Theory & Practice in the Social
Sciences |
Gregg, G. et al, The Caravan Rolls
On: Forty years of Social Problem
Research (e-reserve) Converse, J. Survey Research in the U. S. Ch. 1 (e-reserve) Berk,
L. Ecological Systems Theory |
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2
Tues. |
Society and Health |
Berkman
& Kawachi:
A Historical Framework… Ch 1 in
Social Epidemiology (e-reserve) Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit
Level Ch
1-2 |
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2
Thurs. |
Social Status & Stress |
Sapolsky,
Why Zebras Ch. 2, 13 Thoits, Stress and Health (e-reserve)
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3
Tues. |
Social Status & Stress |
Epstein, Enough to Make you Sick? (e-reserve)
Repetti,
Risky Families… (e-reserve) Film:
Unnatural Causes |
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3 Thurs. |
Social Networks & Social Cohesion |
Wilkinson Unhealthy Societies
Ch. 6 (e-reserve) House et al, Social Relationships and
Health (e-reserve) Berkman,
Role of Social Relations in Health Promotion
(e-reserve) |
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4 Tues. |
Working Conditions and Health |
Marmot, Status Syndrome Ch. 5 (e-reserve) Theorell: Working Conditions and Health (e-reserve) Barker, J. The Iron Cage Revisited (e-reserve) |
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4 Thurs. |
Violence |
Wilkinson & Pickett, Spirit
Level Ch. 10 Gilligan, Shame, Guilt, and Violence
(excerpt) Kennedy et al, Social Capital, Income
Inequality, and Firearm Violent Crime
(e-reserve) |
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5 Tuesday |
Social Epidemiology
Wrap-up discussion |
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5 Thurs. |
International Development |
Inkeles,
A. & Smith, D. Exploring
Individual Modernity. Excerpts (e-reserve) |
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6
Tues. |
Modernity |
Berman, M. All That Is Solid Melts
Into Air
Introduction & Ch. I |
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6 Thurs. |
Modernity |
Berman, M. All That Is Solid Melts
Into Air Ch. II Barber, B. Jihad vs. McWorld (e-reserve) |
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7
Tues |
Development & Underdevelopment |
Sen,
Development as Freedom |
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7
Thurs. |
Underdevelopment Theory |
Sen,
Development and Freedom, |
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8
Tues. |
Case Study: |
Lawrence, Road Belong Cargo
Ch. 1-3 |
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8 Thurs. |
Case Study: |
Lawrence, Road Belong Cargo: |
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9
Tues. |
Case Study: |
Gregg, The Middle East Ch. 1, 2 (excerpt) |
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9
Thurs. |
Case Study: |
Kapuscinski,
Shah of Shahs |
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10
Tues. |
Case Study: |
Gregg, The Middle East, |
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10 Thurs. |
Case Study: |
Gregg, The Middle East, Ch. 9
(excerpt) |