The Calendar description of the SENIOR SEMINAR states: “The senior seminar is a one-semester course, required for a Major degree in sociology, which is to be taken in the final year of study. The course is organized around substantive issues, with different sections devoted to different topics. The issues are addressed as puzzles or lines of inquiry that explore current concerns. Students are expected to bring the knowledge they have acquired of the competing traditions of sociological inquiry to bear on the theme. This course will be conducted as a seminar, with students taking responsibility for researching, presenting, and discussing material. Regular attendance and active participation will be emphasized.”
SOCI-4013 has two sections. Ours is B. This seminar is an interdisciplinary study of many works (e.g., newspaper articles, documentary films, artistic expressions) related to Orientalism, Islamophobia, and postcolonial resistances in our ever-changing world. It has a strong focus on a sociological understanding of the issues presented. By analyzing social practices as represented in a wide range of materials and expressions of postcolonial pop culture, we develop
- Profesor: Gulhanim Caliskan
Have you ever looked at your body or someone else's and thought ...? If so, why did you have those thoughts? In Sociology of Body I hope to develop an understanding of, and interest in, the interaction between society and the body. It is important that we are aware that the body is experienced, and too often crafted, through the influence of societal interpretations and norms.
- Profesor: Robert McCoy
In this course, students examine the social production of masculinities in North America and the impacts of these gender expressions on the lives of boys and men, and people of all genders. Students are introduced to theoretical perspectives used to understand the lives of men and boys, while examining topics such as fathering, the social construction of men’s bodies, the ways the media (re)produces notions of masculinity, and sports masculinities.
- Profesor: Hande Gur
