Sociology M174 - Summer Session 2000: Syllabus

6 week lecture and discussion course on the Sociology of the Family 
Tuesday and Thursday Hershey 1609 3.15 pm - 5.20 pm . Instructor Professor Hart; 
Office : Hershey 2518, email nhart@soc.ucla.edu Office Hours: Friday 10 am - 12 noon. 
     
Essential Reading is the course textbook: The Sociology of Marriage and the Family by Randall
Collins and Scott Coltrane.  This can be purchased at the ASUCLA store. 

The family is a universal social institution. It is found in every society no matter how large scale,
or small scale and over the course of human history many changes have occurred in the structure
of family life and in the form of family relationships.  This course begins with a historical and
anthropological overview of the family, followed by a review of the consequences of the
industrialization for patterns of marriage and family life.  The remainder of the course will be
concerned with the American family in contemporary times. 
   
There are ten teaching sessions in this summer school course and in each one, students will
complete an in class writing assignment based on the appropriate readings. This will be followed
by the lecture and discussion. Though these in class papers will not be graded, there will be a one
percent penalty on the grade for any missed  writing assignment. To get the most out of this
course, it is important to cover the required reading before each lecture.  The first writing
assignment will cover Part One of the Textbook : Comparative and Historical Perspectives. 


Session One: August 8th 2000
Preliminaries : The Family in Global and Historical Perspective 
Reading & Writing : Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

Session Two: August 10th 2000
The Making  of the Modern Family
Reading & Writing: Chapter 4

Session Three: August 15th 2000
The Family through the Turbulent Twentieth Century
Reading & Writing: Chapter 5

Session Four : August 17th 2000
Social Stratification and the Family: Social Class
Reading & Writing : Chapter 6

Session Five : August 22nd  2000
Social Stratification and the Family: Race and Ethnicity
Reading & Writing : Chapter 7. 


Session Six : August 24th 2000
Mid term Examination ( Covering lectures 1-5 and chapters 1- 7.)

Session Seven : August 29th 2000
Procreation and the Family
Reading & Writing: Chapter 10

Session Eight August 31st 2000
Gender and Power in Marriage and Family Life.  
Reading & Writing: Chapter 11

Session Nine September 5th 2000
Motherhood, Fatherhood and Childhood: Stability and Change
Reading & Writing : Chapter 12

Session Ten : September 7th 2000
Conflict and Dissolution in Marriage and Family Life 
Reading & Writing : Chapters 13 and 14

Session Eleven: September 12th 2000
Review: The Future of Marriage and Family Life
Reading & Writing : Chapter 16

Session Twelve: September 14th 2000
Final Examination. 


Assessment: The course grade will be a simple average of the two examinations minus any
penalties deducted for missing in-class assignments.