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Summer Semester, 2019 Schedule

Week / SOSC 366 SOCI 288 SOCI 300 SOCI 335 SOCI 381
Date (Research (Intro to Sociology (How Humans (Classical (Sociology of
Methods in the II) Organize) Sociological Wealth, Power, and
Social Sciences) Theory) Inequality)
W1 / - Familiarize - Familiarize - Unit 1: Why - Unit 1: - Unit 1: Studying
June. 1 yourself with the yourself with the Study Introduction Social Inequality
various course course materials Organizations?
W1 / components, and the Moodle - Read the Student
June. 2 - Read:
online and offline. website Manual and
- Read: Simmons:
W1 / this Course
- Browse through - Read through the
1. “Roles and Chapter 1 Informationcarefull
June. 3 Interactions,” by
the course website online Student y, and then explore
W1 / until you are Manual and the Nancy Mandell our course website.
June. 4 comfortable online Course
navigating in Manual. - If you have not
W1 / Moodle. used Moodle, our
June. 5 - Join the Student learning
W1 / - Browse through Introduction and environment,
June. 6 the Study Guide, Course before, take a look
the textbooks, the Discussion forum at the Orientation
W1 / streaming video, to introduce to Moodle on our
June. 7 and the online yourself. main course page.
readings.
- Complete the - If you have not
- Read through the course already been
online Student introduction and contacted,
Manual and Unit 1, introduce yourself
Course "Introduction to to your tutor.
Information Social
carefully. Movements," - Read the Unit 1
study guide, and
- Review the - and answer the watch and read the
instructions given "Study assigned materials:
for the quizzes, Questions" at the
mid-term, and end of the unit.
Global Wealth
assignments. You Submit your
Inequality—What
will need to keep answers to your
You Never Knew
pace with the tutor for grading.
You Never Knew
assignments as (video)
you proceed - Select one of
through the your responses
Social Inequality in
course. and post it to the
Canada, by
unit discussion
William Little
- Contact your forum. Respond
tutor to introduce to the post of at
yourself if he or least one other
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she has not already student. See next page

been in touch with
you.
- Contact your Why the Poor
- Start Unit 1: tutor to discuss Don’t Soak the
Doing Social any concepts that Rich, by Ian
Research: An you find Shapiro
Introduction to especially
Inquiry difficult or
W2 / - Finish Unit 1: especially - Read: - Unit 2: Ibn
June. 8 Doing Social interesting. 2. “Kinds of Khaldun
W2 / Research: An Roles,” by
Introduction to - Complete Unit Michael Banton - Read:
June. 9 1 Quiz
Inquiry Simmons:
W2 / Chapter 2
June. 10
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June. 11
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June. 12
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June. 13
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June. 14
W3 / - Start the - Complete Unit - Unit 2: The - Unit 3: The - Unit 2: Social
June. 15 Literature 2, "The End of Many Faces of Enlightenment Inequality in
W3 / Review Homework," Social Feudal Europe
June. 16 Assignment Organization (3.1)
- and answer the (2.1)
W3 / - Unit 2: Theory "Study (2-1) - Read:
June. 17 and Research Questions" at Simmons: - Read the
W3 / the end of the - Read: Chapter 3 Introduction and
June. 18 unit. Submit your 4. “Social Part 1 of the Unit
answers to your Structure, Group 2 study guide and
W3 / tutor for grading.Interests, and the assigned
June. 19 Conflict reading:
W3 / - Select one of Groups,” by Ralf The Nature of
June. 20 your responses Dahrendorf Medieval Peasant
W3 / and post it to 5. “Assumptions Economy, by
June. 21 the unit about the Nature Rodney Hilton
discussion of Society,” by
forum. Respond Gibson Burrell - Answer the
to the post of at and Gareth study questions.
least one other Morgan
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student.

W4 / See next page - Contact your (2-2) (3.2) (2.2)

June. 22 tutor to discuss
your questions - Read: - Read: - Read Part 2 of
- Unit 3: The about or 6. “Post-Modern Ritzer: Chapter 1 the Unit 2 study
W4 / reactions to the
June. 23 Ethics and Organizations or Rousseau, “On guide, and read
Politics of Social material Postmodern the Social and look at the
W4 / Research presented in Unit Organizational Contract,” assigned
June. 24 2. Theory?” by Hobbes, “Of the materials:
W4 / Martin Parker Natural Feudal Europe,
- Complete Unit Conditions of by Douglas
June. 25 2 Quiz Mankind,” Carnine
W4 / & Locke, “Of the
June. 26 State of Nature” - The Structure of
W4 / Feudal Society
June. 27 (illustration)
W4 /
June. 28 - Answer the
study questions.
W5 / - Unit 4: The - Complete Unit - Unit 3: Inside - Unit 4: The - Unit 3:
June. 29 Logic of 3, "The Media the Iron Cage: Romantic Explaining Social
W5 / Causation and Ideology," Bureaucracy and Conservatives Inequality:
June. 30 Modern Life and the Counter- Classical and
- Complete Quiz - and answer the Enlightenment Contemporary
W5 / 1 (in Moodle) "Study (3-1) Theories
July. 1 Questions" at - Read:
W5 / the end of the - Read: Simmons: (3.1)
July. 2 unit. Submit your 7. Reading Chapter 4
answers to your Organization - Read the
W5 / tutor for grading. Theory: Chapters Introduction and
July. 3 1 and 2 Part 1 of the Unit
W5 / - Post the 8. The 3 study guide and
July. 4 designated McDonaldization the assigned
W5 / response to the of Society: selections from
July. 5 unit discussion Chapters 1 to 4 the assigned
forum, and reading as
respond to the directed in the
post of at least study guide.
one other
student. - Social
Stratification and
- Check the Social-Class
section of the Analysis, by
online Student Seymour Martin
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Manual titled Lipset

"Applying for
and Writing - Answer the
Examinations," study questions.
and note the
W6 / - Unit 5: date by which (3-2) - Unit 5: Auguste (3.2)
July. 6 Obstacles to you will need to Comte
W6 / Scientific Inquiry request the - Read: - Read Part 2 of the
Final 9. Chapters 5 to - Read: Unit 3 study guide
July. 7 Examination. and the selections
- Watch Ask a 7 in The Simmons:
W6 / from the assigned
Silly Question McDonaldization Chapter 5 readings as
July. 8 - Complete Unit of Society, by Ritzer: Chapter 4 directed in the
3 Quiz George Ritzer study guide.
W6 / 10. “Post-
July. 9 bureaucracy: - Social
control through Stratification and
W6 / professional Social-Class
July. 10 freedom” by Analysis, by
W6 / Christian Seymour Martin
July. 11 Maravelias Lipset (if not done
yet)
W6 /
July. 12 - Assignment
- Critiquing and
and
Expanding the
Examination Sociology of
Manual: Inequality:
Complete and Comparing
submit Functionalist,
Assignment 1. Conflict, and
Interactionist
Perspectives, by
Scott R. Harris

- Answer the
study questions.
W7 / - Complete the - Complete Unit - Unit 4: - Unit 6: Herbert - Unit 4: The
July. 13 Mid-term (in 4, "Competition," Managing the Spencer Social Costs of
W7 / Moodle) Organization: Social Inequality
July. 14 on July. 13 - and answer the The View from - Read:
"Study Above Simmons: - Read the
W7 / - Start Unit 6: Questions" at the Chapter 6 Introduction and
July. 15 Research Design end of the unit. (4-1) Ritzer: Chapter the sections of
W7 / Submit your 5 the Unit 4 study
July. 16 answers to your - Read: Coser, “ Militant guide that cover
tutor for grading. 11. Reading and Industrial Parts 1 and 2
W7 / Organization Societies” of The Spirit
July. 17
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W7 / - Select one of Theory: Chapter Level, as well as

July. 18 your responses 3 those parts of the
W7 / and post it to 12. “Scientific book.
July. 19 the unit Management,”
discussion by Harry - Answer the
forum. Respond Braverman. study questions.
to the post of at
least one other - Watch Richard
student. Wilkinson: How
Economic
- Contact your Inequality Harms
tutor to discuss Societies.
your questions
about or
W8 / - Finish Unit 6: reactions to the - Read: - Unit 7: (4.0)
July. 20 Research Design material 13. “The End of Classical Women
W8 / presented in Unit Managerial of Social Read the section
July. 21 - Complete and 4. Control?” by Thought of the Unit 4
submit the Joseph A. Raelin. study guide that
W8 / Literature (7.1) covers Part 3
July. 22 Review - Complete Unit
4 Quiz of The Spirit
W8 / Assignment - Read: Level, as well as
July. 23 Simmons: that part of the
Chapter 7 book.
W8 / Answer the study
July. 24 questions.

W8 / Watch The Spirit

July. 25 Level (short
W8 / film).
July. 26
W9 / - Unit 7: - Complete Unit - Unit 5: Coping (7.2: First Wave - Unit 5: The Rich
July. 27 Conceptualization, 5, "Global in the Feminists) and the Rest: The
Operationalization, Issues," Organization: Canadian Case
W9 /
July. 28 and The View from - Read:
(5.1)
Measurement - and answer the Below Ritzer: Chapter
W9 / "Study 10
July. 29 - Read the
Questions" at (5-1) Gilman, Introduction and
W9 / the end of the “Chapter 1” of Part 1 of the Unit 5
July. 30 unit. Submit your - Read: Women and study guide, and
answers to your 14. Reading Economics read and watch the
W9 / tutor for grading. Organization assigned materials:
July. 31 Theory: Chapter
W9 / - Post the 4 - Excerpts
Aug. 1 designated 15. “Human from Controlling
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W9 / response to the Relations,” by Interest: Who

Aug. 2 unit discussion Fritz J. Owns Canada? by
forum, and Roethlisberger Diane Francis
respond to the and William J.
post of at least Dickson - Outrageous
one other Fortune:
Documenting
student.
Canada’s Wealth
Gap, by David
- Contact your Mcdonald
tutor to discuss (Canadian Centre
your questions for Policy
about or Alternatives)
reactions to the
material - The Rise of the
presented in Unit Occupy
5. Movement,
by CBC News
- Complete Unit
5 Quiz - 99% v 1%: The
Data Behind the
Occupy
- Complete Movement, by
Final Guardian
Examination Animations (video)
(before Sept. 6?)
- Answer the
study questions
and complete the
practice exercise.

- Note that the

suggested due
date for your first
essay is after this
week.

W10 / - Unit 8: Indexes, (5-2) - Assignment 1 (5.2)

Aug. 3 Scales, and
Typologies See next page
W10 / - Read:
Aug. 4 16. “The
- Complete Quiz
W10 / Underlife of a
2 (in Moodle)
Aug. 5 Public
Institution: A
W10 / Study of Ways of
Aug. 6 Making Out in a
- Read Part 2 of
W10 / Mental
the Unit 5 study
Aug. 7 Hospital,” by
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W10 / Erving Goffman, guide and the

Aug. 8 in Asylums. assigned reading:
W10 / 17. “Buddy Jobs and the
Aug. 9 Relations and Labour Market,
Combat by Graham S.
Performance,” Lowe
by Roger Little
- Answer the
- Assignment study questions.
and
Examination
Manual:
Complete and
submit
Assignment 2.

W11 / - Unit 9: The - Complete Unit - Unit 6: Total - Unit 8: Karl - Unit 6: Intimate
Aug. 10 Logic of 6, "Antiwar Institutions: Marx Ties: The Political
Power of
W11 / Sampling Movements, Remaking
Economic Wealth
Aug. 11 Internet Analysis People in (8.1)
(6.1)
- Start working and Final Paper." Organizations
W11 / on the Essay - Read:
Aug. 12 - Read the
Assignment - Contact your (6-1) Simmons: Introduction and
W11 / tutor to discuss Chapter 8 Part 1 of the Unit 6
Aug. 13 your questions - Read: Marx: “Alienated study guide and the
about or 18. “Total Labour” and assigned reading:
W11 / reactions to theInstitutions,” by “The Materialist
Aug. 14 material Erving Goffman Conception of - Political Sources
W11 / presented in Unit
in Asylums. History” of Income
Aug. 15 6. 19. - “Why Is Inequality in
Organization Canada: The Role
W11 / of Organised
Aug. 16 Theory So
- Complete Ignorant? The Interests, by Navid
Sabet
Research Essay Neglect of Total
Institutions” by
- Answer the
Stewart Clegg study questions.

(6.2)

- Read Part 2 of the

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Unit 6 study guide

and the assigned
readings:

- The Corporate
Elite, the Capitalist
Class, and the
Canadian State, by
Wallace Clement

- The Occupy
Movement and the
Top 1% in Canada,
by Sébastien Breau

- Answer the
study questions.

W12 / - Unit 10: Survey (6-2) (8.2) (6.3)

Aug. 17 Research
W12 / - Read: - Read:
20. “Residential Marx: “Social See next page
Aug. 18
- Watch Ask a Schools as Total Classes and
W12 / Silly Question Institutions,” Conflict” and
Aug. 19 again extracted “Existence and
from, The Circle Consciousness”
- Read Part 3 of
W12 / the Unit 6 study
Aug. 20 Game: Shadow
and Substance in guide and the
W12 / the Residential textbook The -
Aug. 21 School Trouble With
W12 / Experience in Billionaires.
Aug. 22 Canada
22. “Camp X- - Complete the
W12 / practice
Aug. 23 Ray”, extracted
from, Five Years exercises and
of My Life: An answer the study
Innocent Man in questions.
Guantanamo by
Murat Kurnaz

W13 / - Unit 11: - Note that you - Unit 7: Women (8.3)

Aug. 24 Experiments can write the within the Iron
W13 / final Cage: Sex, - Read:
Aug. 25 examination at Gender, and Marx & Engels,
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W13 / any time after Organizations “Bourgeois and

Aug. 26 you complete Proletarians”
W13 / Unit 5. You may (7-1) Ritzer: Chapter
Aug. 27 find it helpful to 6
write the final - Read: Simmons:
W13 / before you 23. Reading Chapter 8
Aug. 28 undertake the Organization
W13 / research for the Theory :
Aug. 29 essay you will Chapter 5
write as you 24. “Men and
W13 / complete Unit 6. Women in
Aug. 30 Organizations:
- Please see the Roles and
section of the Statuses,
online Student Stereotypes and
Manual titled Power,” by Nina
"Applying for Colwill
W14 / - Unit 12: and Writing (7-2) - Unit 9: Max - Unit 7: Canada's
Aug. 31 Unobtrusive Examinations" Weber Poor: The Faces
for instructions
W14 / Research on how to apply
- Read: of Poverty
Sept. 1 25. “Women and (9.1)
- Start working for the final the Structure of (7.1)
W14 / on the Research examination. Organizations: - Read:
Sept. 2 Proposal Explorations in Simmons: - Read the
Assignment Congratulations Theory and Chapter 9 Introduction and
on completing Behavior,” by Weber, “The Part 1 of the Unit
W14 / the course!
Sept. 3 Rosabeth Kanter Ideal Type” 7 study guide and
26. “What Does the assigned
W14 / Feminism Have reading:
Sept. 4 To Do with Poverty and the
W14 / Bureaucracy?” Modern Welfare
Sept. 5 by Kathy State, by Raphael
W14 / Ferguson Dennis
Sept. 6 27. “Gendered
organizations - Complete the
and practice exercise
and answer the
study questions.

intersectionality:
problems and
possibilities,” by
Joan Acker
W15 / - Unit 13: - Unit 8: Virtual (9.2) (7.2)
Sept. 7 Qualitative Field Organization
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W15 / Research - Read:

Sept. 8 (8-1) Ritzer: Chapter 8 - Read Part 2 of
W15 / - Complete and the Unit 7 study
Sept. 9 submit the - Read: guide and the
Essay 28. “Afterword: assigned reading:
W15 / Assignment why networks Poverty Trends
Sept. 10 matter,” by Scorecard:
W15 / Manuel Castells Canada 2012, by
Sept. 11 29. “The Internet Citizens for
and Social Life,” Public Justice
W15 / by John A. Bargh
Sept. 12 & Katelyn Y.A - Complete the
W15 / McKenna practice exercise
Sept. 13 and answer the
study questions.
W16 / - Unit 14: (8-2) (9.3) (7.3)
Sept. 14 Evaluation
- Read Part 3 of the
W16 / Research - Read: - Read:
Unit 7 study guide,
Sept. 15 30. Here Comes Weber, “ Power
and watch and
Everybody: the and
W16 / listen to the
power of Bureaucracy” assigned materials:
Sept. 16 organizing
W16 / without
Without a Roof
Sept. 17 organizations, by (Homeless
Clay Shirky Documentary), by
W16 / Gordon Sun
- Assignment (video)
Sept. 18 Manual:
W16 / Complete and Personal Stories on
Sept. 19 submit Being Poor in
Assignment 3 Canada, from CBC
W16 / Radio’s The
Sept. 20 Current (podcast)

How Canada Tried

to Eradicate
Poverty with
Guaranteed
Income, by Public
Radio International
(podcast)

- Complete the
practice exercise
and answer the
study questions.
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W17 / - Unit 15: Mixed - Unit 9: - Unit 10: Emile - Unit 8: Gender
Sept. 21 Methods Corporations and Durkheim Inequality:
W17 / Society Institutional and
Sept. 22 - Complete and (10.1) Intimate
submit the (9-1)
W17 / Research - Read: (8.1)
Sept. 23 Proposal Simmons:
Assignment Chapter 10 - Read the
W17 / - Read: Durkheim, “On Introduction and
Sept. 24 31. The Mechanical and Part 1 of the Unit
Corporation. Organic 7 study guide and
W17 / The Pathological Solidarity”
Sept. 25 the assigned
Pursuit of Profit reading:
W17 / and Power, by Theories of
Sept. 26 Joel Bakan Women’s
W17 / Oppression, by
Sept. 27 Alison M. Jaggar
and Paula S.
Rothenberg

- Answer the
study questions.
W18 / - Unit 16: (9-2) (10.2) (8.2)
Sept. 28 Quantitative and
W18 / Qualitative Data - 32. Watch the - Read: - Read Part 2 of the
Sept. 29 Analysis full-length movie Ritzer: Chapter 7 Unit 8 study guide
(2:24), The Durkheim, and the assigned
W18 / - Complete Quiz Corporation, a “Types of reading:
Sept. 30 3 (in Moodle) 2003 Canadian Suicide,” and Why Do Women
documentary “Religion and Earn Less than
W18 / Men? A Synthesis
Oct. 1 film. Society”
of Findings from
https://www.yout Canadian
W18 / ube.com/watch?
Oct. 2 Microdata, by
v=xHrhqtY2khc Carole Vincent
W18 /
Oct. 3 - Complete the
W18 / practice exercise
Oct. 4 and answer the
study questions.

- If you have not

done so already,
begin working on
your second essay.
While the final
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due date for your

last two essays is
not until you have
finished the last
unit, your final
essay will benefit
from your having
your tutor’s
feedback on your
second essay.
W19 / - Start (9-3) - Assignment 2 (9.3)
Oct. 5 collecting data
for the Research - Read:
W19 / - “Said and
Oct. 6 Project 33. “Public
Done” versus
Assignment sociology and
W19 / “Saying and
the struggle
Oct. 7 Doing”:
against corporate
Gendering
W19 / environmental
Practices,
Oct. 8 abuse in Africa,”
Practicing
by Jacklyn Cock
W19 / Gender at Work,
Oct. 9 by Patricia
Yancey Martin
W19 /
Oct. 10
- Complete the
W19 / practice exercise
Oct. 11 and answer the
study questions.
W20 / - Finish - Unit 10: - Unit 11: Georg - Unit 9: The
Oct. 12 collecting data Beyond Simmel Long Legacy of
W20 / for the Research Bureaucracy: In - Read: Race and Ethnic
Oct. 13 Project Search of Simmons: Inequality in
Assignment Organizational Chapter 11 Canada
W20 / Democracy Simmel, “The
Oct. 14 (10-1) Dyad and the (9.1 – 9.2)
W20 / Triad.”
Oct. 15 - Read: Ritzer: Chapter 9 - Read the
34. “Worker Simmel, “The Introduction and
W20 / Ownership, Metropolis and Parts 1 and 2 of
Oct. 16 Participation, Mental Life.” the Unit 9 study
W20 / and Control: guide and the
Oct. 17 Toward a assigned
W20 / Theoretical readings:
Oct. 18 Model,” by
William Foote Labour Market
Whyte & Joseph Challenges and
R. Blasi Discrimination
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35. “Is Industrial Faced by

Democracy Racialized
Feasible? Groups in the
Lessons from Black Creek
Mondragon,” by Area, by Access
Paul Phillips Alliance

“Smiling
Discrimination”
in Canadian
Society, by Jana
Javorčíková

- Answer the
study questions.

W21 / - Finish and (10-2) - Unit 12: (9.3)

Oct. 19 submit the Vilfredo Pareto
W21 / Research - Read: - Aboriginal
Oct. 20 Project 36. “Labour and - Read: Experiences with
Assignment Capital: The Simmons: Racism, by
W21 / Changing Chapter 12 Samantha
Oct. 21 Relationship,” by Pareto, “ The Loppie, Charlotte
W21 / Congratulations Jack Quarter Use of Force in Reading, and
Oct. 22 on completing 37. “Workplace Society” and Sarah de Leeuw
the course! Democracy and “ The Circulation
W21 / the Global of Elites.” - Answer the
Oct. 23 Financial Crisis,” study questions.
W21 / by Russell
Oct. 24 Lansbury - Note that your
W21 / second and your
Oct. 25 final essay are
due after the
next unit.

W22 / - Assignment - Epilogue - Unit 10: The

Oct. 26 Manual: Perfect Crime:
W22 / Complete and See next page How the Rich
Oct. 27 submit the Rob the Rest of
online quiz and - Read: their Income and
W22 / Assignment 4. Simmons: Wealth
Oct. 28 Prepare to write Epilogue
W22 / the final
Oct. 29 examination See next page
and review the
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W22 / exam request - Read the Unit

Oct. 30 procedures 10 study guide
W22 / found in and the assigned
Oct. 31 the Student reading:
Manual.
W22 / A Perfect Crime:
Nov. 1 - Online Quiz Inequality in the
Age of
Globalization, by
James K.
Galbraith

- Answer the
study questions.

- Complete the
course quiz.

W23 / - Wrap up and -Online Quiz - At latest,

Nov. 2 Review submit your
W23 / - Assignment 3 second and your
Nov. 3 last essay after
Apply to Write completing Unit
W23 / Your Final 10.
Nov. 4 Examination
W23 / - As you prepare
Nov. 5 for the final
exam, remember
W23 / the final exam
Nov. 6 review questions
W23 / and concepts at
Nov. 7 the end of
W23 / this Course
Nov. 8 Information gui
de.
W24/ - FINAL - Final
Nov. 9 EXAMINATION Examination Congratulations
W24/ on completing
Congratulations
the course!
Nov. 10 on completing Congratulations
the course! on completing
W24/
the course!
Nov. 11
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