| Course ID: | SOCI 4740. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Gender and Interaction |
Course
Description: | Examination of the role that everyday interaction plays in the
creation, maintenance, and change of our system of gender
difference and gender inequality in contemporary United States
society. To address these questions, we will critically examine
current sociological theory and research on gender, inequality,
and interaction. |
| Oasis Title: | Gender and Interaction |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SOCI 4740W |
| Prerequisite: | SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or SOCI 2600 or PSYC 1101 or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Our goal in this course will be to understand both how gender
shapes what happens in interaction and how what happens in
interaction affects gender difference and inequality. Students
will gain a working understanding of sociological and social
psychological theories of inequality and interaction and an up-
to-date knowledge of empirical research on gender, interaction,
and inequality. |
| Topical Outline: | Possible topics:
1. Overview of gender theories
2. History of gender movements in the United States
3. Power, dependence, and exchange theories
4. Role theory, status characteristics theory, and status
construction theory
5. Socialization and development theories
6. Friendships and romantic relationships
7. Gender, health, and emotion
8. Gender and education
9. Gender and paid labor
10. Gender and household labor |
| Honor Code Reference: | All academic work must meet the standards contained in “A
Culture of Honesty” (see especially the sections about
plagiarism and unauthorized assistance). Students are
responsible for informing themselves about those standards
before performing any academic work. |