2012 Summer School Bulletin - Emory College - Emory University

other texts: the martial tradition and the utopian tradition, that is, what these Taoist texts
have to say about war and violence and about the ideal peaceful society.
370-00A. SPECIAL TOPICS: RELIGION AND CULTURE: MAGICAL THOUGHT
AND PRACTICE
2:30–4:45 p .m . MTTh . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Diakite
What exactly is magical thought? What are magical practices? How do such activities
relate to religious thought, and religious practices? How do such activities relate to the
larger cultures in which they exist? Historically, when, where, and how did magical
teachings first come to America? What is their relationship to African peoples forcibly
brought to the New World, Europeans who colonized it, and the Native American peoples
who lived here for tens of thousands of years? If magical teachings and practices were
common to colonial America, what was their relationship to the kinds of Christianity
colonists practiced, and what does this suggest about contemporary arguments about
America as a “Christian nation?” By reading, discussing together, and writing about
a number of historical, anthropological, and sociological sources that approach these
questions from quite different academic disciplines and methodological starting points,
students will have the opportunity to grapple with precisely these, and still other related,
questions. Throughout the course special emphasis will be placed upon students’ ability to
grasp the analyses and theories various thinkers have put forth, as well as articulating and
critically refining their own perspectives.
Sociology
101-00C. INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
2:30–4:45 p .m . MTW . 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . Gordon
Study of human social behavior. Social and cultural aspects of the emergence,
maintenance, modification, and adjustment of human groups.
Course Number Key and Dates
00A: First session May 21 – June 29 00F: Miscellaneous Varies
00B: Entire summer May 21 – August 10 0PA, 0PB, 0PC Permission required
00C: Second Session July 2 – August 10
MAY: Maymester May 15–June 1
221-00C. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
2:30–4:45 p .m . TWTh . 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . Nalkur
Introduction to the sociological study of culture. Examines relationships between values,
beliefs, and expressive symbols, on the one hand, and the institutional structure of society
on the other. Attention to art, media, religion, and ideology.
247-00A. RACIAL AND ETHNIC RELATIONS
1:00–2:20 p .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Alexander
Cross-listed as African American Studies 247. Relations between and within groups, and
conflict and cooperation in light of a number of models of social interaction. Application
of principles to racial, religious, and ethnic minorities.
325-00A. SOCIOLOGY OF FILM
2:30–4:45 p .m . MTTh . 1st session . Film viewing, W 2:30–4:45 p .m .
Credit, 4 hrs . Hicks
Introduction to the social origins and dimensions of the production, distribution,
contents, form, and reception of film.
355-00A. SOCIAL RESEARCH I
2:30–4:45 p .m . MTW . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Mullis
Introduction to research design and data analysis, including logic of research, methods of
data collection, elementary statistics, and computer analysis.
497R-00A, -00B, -00C. DIRECTED STUDY
TBA . Three sessions . Credit, 1–4 hrs . Scott
Prerequisite: one sociology course. Supervised work on a faculty member’s research
project, normally for students who have demonstrated superior performance in sociology.
Written permission required from director of undergraduate studies prior to registration.
498R-00A, -00B, -00C. SUPERVISED READINGS
TBA . Three sessions . Credit, 1–4 hrs . Scott
Supervised reading, normally for students majoring in sociology. Written permission
required from director of undergraduate studies prior to registration.
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