SOC 199C PZ -Senior Seminar

This course will serve as the culminating academic experience for your study in sociology by bringing together the ideas, knowledge, skills and research experiences you have acquired from previous sociology courses. As such, this class not only provides a reflective lens but also provides students with the opportunity to engage challenging and diverse readings as well as participate in active, stimulating and fun class discussions. Over the semester, students will have the opportunity to reflect on what you have learned in your sociology courses in three distinct ways: a) becoming an expert in discussing a particular social institution - either one you engaged or didn’t engage at Pitzer; b) create and submit blog posts using media and quotes to our class Tumblr page (site under construction) - these posts will serve as a way of showing that you can teach sociology to the general masses and c) applying your sociological expertise to a real-world situation and make policy recommendations. In addition, our class meets once a week in which we will discuss poignant readings related to the study of social structure that not only focus on the lives of individuals within social groups but also more critically examines the social relationships that foster social inequity and/or foster social change.