Guide for Sociology 4421

• Lectures (pdf)
• Syllabus for undergraduate class, Sociology 4421 (pdf)
  
• Diagrams from my articles

  Remember that all assigned classwork, including discussions of current events and special topics, can be on the exams. Remember to look at the web pages (linked on home page) on elections & polling results, trend charts, and the above links - in particular:

  • 2010 election
  • Trend Charts
    
    

Exam schedule, Fall 2010 (tentative)

• First Exam, Friday, September 24
• Second Exam: Friday, November 5
• Final exam: Wednesday, Dec 8, 7:30 - 9:30 AM
  
• Sample Questions for the Midterm Exam (I'll probably use at least one of these questions on the exam)
  
  
• Grades
  

Readings (downloadable)

• Week 4, here and here and here
• Week 10, here and here
• Week 12, here and here and here
• Week 13, here
  

Added assignment:

• Weil, Frederick. 2010. "The Rise of Community Engagement After Katrina." In The New Orleans Index at Five. Washington: Brookings Institution and Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. here.
• Also see the film clips at http://www.lsu.edu/fweil/KatrinaDocumentary, also available through http://www.lsu.edu/fweil/KatrinaResearch
• This is added to the Week on Political Participation.

Also ...

• Syllabus for graduate seminar (pdf)
• An Outline of Party Realignment in America since World War II (pdf)
  
  
  
  

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