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SYD 4800, Sociology of Sex Roles Instructor Rosalind Fisher Office Anthropology/Socio Department Building 13, Room 111 850 474-2797 Office Hours N/A - On-line Class Emergency My cell 785 766-8105 phone E-mail [email protected] Required Texts: 1. Gendered Worlds by Judy Root Aulette & Judith Wittner 2. The Gendered Society Reader by Michael Kimmel & Amy Aronson, 4th Edition Overview of the course: Gender is a key factor in our lives that often seems invisible. The first question we ask about a baby is whether it is a boy or a girl. When you fill out census forms, you are given two choices: male, female. While race and income (other big areas of stratification) are often on a continuum, gender is a binary category in which we place people. What about a child born with ambiguous genitalia? Should his/her parents make them a boy, girl, or let them decide when he/she is older? The goal is for us to think deep about our lives and society regarding gender and sexuality, and improve our critical thinking and analysis skills. This course focuses on the sociological study of gender as a organizing principle of social life and examines women and men as gendered beings. For sociologists, gender is not fixed; it is instead a system of evolving social practices. Learning Objectives: The main objective of this course is to provide a foundation for understanding gender roles. Through the use of the Aulette and Kimmel texts, we will use three key assumptions: Sex and gender are the outcomes of social arrangements and social relations. We must always consider intersectionality and the social locations of groups and how those “create networks of power and inequality that intersect with gender relations”(Aulette & Wittner 2011). Standpoint is a political choice in which we recognize we are not neutral observers of social life. Social inequalities generate standpoints, in which knowledge, truth and the 1 right to be heard are not equally distributed, there is no one objective view but the view of subordinated groups, is often discounted, ignored or misunderstood. In addition, by referring back to the theoretical perspectives throughout the text and reader, we are able to better grasp the application of each approach to gender. Resources: All instructional content and interaction for this course takes place over the WWW. If you run into any computer or software glitches or problems you can get assistance seven days a week at UWF’s computer [email protected] (850) 474-2075. I can not help with technical problems. Under links on the eLearning page I provide you with study and writing help links and sociology theory sites. In addition to basic word processing skills and sending/receiving email with attachments, students will be expected to search the internet and upload/download files. In addition, students will need the Dropdown Browser available for download from computer services in order to see incorrect quiz answers. You must install the Dropdown Browser before you take the quiz in order to see the quiz results. You may also need one or more of the following plug-ins: Adobe Acrobat Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html PowerPoint Viewer: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D1649C22-B51F4910-93FC-4CF2832D3342&displaylang=en Windows Media Player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/ QuickTime Player: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Real Player: http://forms.real.com/netzip/getrde601.html?h=207.188.7.150&f=windows/RealOnePlayerV2G OLD.exe&p=RealOne+Player&oem=dl&tagtype=ie&type=dl Macromedia Flash Player: http://macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlas h Special Needs: Reasonable accommodations are available for students with documented disabilities. If you need an accommodation to participate in this class, contact the Director of Special Student Services at 474-2387, as soon as possible. She will assist you in documenting your disability and requesting needed services. Expectations: 2 I have expectations regarding student behavior and performance. Be sure you understand these! 1. Read the syllabus and course schedule and be aware of the contents and your responsibilities. 2. Meeting the deadlines is critical to your grade. Your written assignments must be uploaded to a drop box on the eLearning course webpage by 11:50 PM on the deadline date (usually Friday’s). Failing to meet the deadline will result in a failing grade for the assignment because there are no make-up assignments. 3. This class will use the on-line eLearning site for handouts, lecture notes, assignments, etc. Basic computer savvy and access is required. 4. My goal is to provide you with an understanding of the material. If you are having problems in the class please email me to seek help. I prefer email or the Muddy Issues Forum on-line to telephone calls since I am in Kansas City, MO this semester. 5. I expect you to act with honesty and integrity. The University of West Florida considers plagiarism a serious violation of the Student Code of Conduct. Cheating and/or plagiarism will merit an automatic failing grade for this course. Plagiarism applies to any material written by someone else. This material can be published in books, magazines, journals and newspapers. It may also include lyrics, scientific charts, graphs, and materials published on Web sites via the Internet. When you use information from these sources you must properly cite the sources utilized. I may upload papers into the Turnitin software to verify originality. 6. Remarks of a personal and/or derogatory nature are not acceptable. No disparaging remarks will be tolerated with regard to race or ethnic background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic background, etc. Class Assignments: Bi-Weekly Activities – 25 points Research Project (Prospectus, Bibliography and 6 – 7 page Research Paper) – 75 points Assessments – 5 @ 35 points each Bi-Weekly Activities: Using the Gender Exercises at the end of each chapter, students are to choose one of the activities listed and complete a one-page paper. There are 8 activities total throughout the semester. Research Project: Students will pick a topic regarding gender that they will research and explore further. Students will be responsible for researching that topic and relating it back to the concepts and theoretical perspectives found in the Ryle text. 3 Assessments: Six quizzes will occur throughout the semester. They will include approximately 30 multiple choice, true/false and short answer questions. No make-up assignments. There can be no exceptions to this arrangement. An exam may be made up if it is missed due to a documented illness, or emergency such as a hurricane, car accident or family death. Weekly readings will include chapters from the Aulette & Wittner text and Kimmel & Aronson Reader. This course contains adult content. 4