University of California, Los Angeles
 
 
JOBS AND CAREERS
 
 
Sociology 4.  Fall 1995.
 
Lectures:  11:00-12:15 Tuesdays and Thursdays, Haines 329.
 
Discussion Sections:
ID #         Section  Day  Time   Place		
347-006-201  1A       Thu  9:00   PubPol 1343	
347-006-202  1B       Wed  2:00   Bunche 2168
347-006-203  1C       Wed  9:00   PubPol 1343
 
Final examination:  3-6pm, Wed. 13 December.
 
Professor:  David D. McFarland, 257 Haines Hall, phone 825-6380.
Email address:  mcfarlan@soc.sscnet.ucla.edu
Web page:  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/mcfarland
(Messages may be left in 264 Haines, phone 825-1313.)
Office hours:  2:00-3:00 Thursdays, in 257 Haines.  
(For quick questions it may be more convenient to see me right  
after lecture, in the classroom.)
 
TA:  Thom Tran, 135 Haines Hall, phone 206-5256.
(Messages may be left in 264 Haines, phone 825-1313.)
  
Prerequisites:  None.
  
Course requirements and their approximate weights in the course 
grade are as follows:  midterm examination (c. 30%), final 
examination (c. 40%), several brief assignments (c. 10%), an 
individual project investigating particular occupations chosen by 
the student (c. 10%), and performance in discussion section (c. 
10%). 

The examinations will cover both lecture material and reading 
assignments, and will include both multiple choice and short 
answer questions.  

The brief assignments will each require writing half a page and 
coming to class prepared to discuss it.  The individual project 
will require some library research about particular occupations
selected by the student, and writing a report of approximately 5 
typed pages.
 
Reading assignments are in:
	Randy Hodson and Teresa A. Sullivan.  1995.  
	The Social Organization of Work.  2nd edn.
	Belmont  CA:  Wadsworth.	
This is a new book, and as the quarter progresses I may need 
to make some adjustments in assignments, but at least until 
changes are announced in lecture the assigned readings are as 
follows:

Week 1:  Th 28 Sep, Tu 3 Oct.
Ch. 1, Evolution of Work.

Week 2:  Th 5, Tu 10 Oct.
Ch. 2, Studying Work.

Week 3:  Th 12, Tu 17 Oct.
Ch. 3, Work and Family.
[ omit Ch. 4, Job Satisfaction ]

Week 4:  Th 19, Tu 24 Oct.
Ch. 5, Disruptions and Barriers.
[ omit Ch. 6, Collective Responses ]

Week 5:  Th 26, Tu 31 Oct.
Review and Midterm.
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       ** Midterm examination Tuesday 31 October **
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Week 6:  Th 2, Tu 7 Nov. 
Selections (to be announced) from:
Ch. 7, Technology and Organization.
Ch. 8, Manufacturing, Mining, and Agriculture.
Ch. 9, The High-Technology Workplace.
Ch. 10, Services.

Week 7:  Th 9 and Tu 14 Nov.
Selections (to be announced) from:
Ch. 11, Professionals
Ch. 12, Executives, Managers, Administrators
Ch. 13, Clerical and Sales Workers.
Ch. 14, Marginal Jobs.

Week 8:  Th. 16, Tu 21 Nov.
Ch. 15, The World of the Large Corporation.

Week 9:  Tu 28, Th 30 Nov.
Ch. 16, Work in a Global Economy.

Week 10:  Tu 5, Th 7 Dec.
Ch. 17, The Future of Work.
Wrapup and Review.		

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       ** Final examination 3-6 pm Wednesday 13 December **
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