Registration for Spring courses starts on Tuesday, November 3 and runs through Friday,

November 13. The Department of Sociology and Anthropology looks forward to

working with you as you plan your schedule. This document should help you to do so,

but it is not a substitute for an advising appointment, so please arrange to meet with

your major advisor before registration.

Next semester, we have an array of interesting electives to choose from including six

different Special Topics courses detailed on pages 4 through 6.

Of special note:

For the first time ever, Dr. Bates is offering SOC 330 Population Dynamics,

a demography course exploring how human populations grow and decline.

Also, offered for the first time since Spring 2013, SOC 303 Women in World

Perspective taught by adjunct instructor Chloe Mulder ig. This course covers

Gender, Global, and BSCP liberal learning—a trifecta!

After a semester away, George Leader returns to campus to teach ANT 111 Intro to

Physical Anthropology and ANT 341 Environmental Anthropology.

Dr. Clydesdale is offering a special topics course to be held at Northern State

Prison—he is looking for some special students to join him in this experience.

See page 6 for details.

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Reminder regarding Sociology Specializations Department specializations are now a 5-course program instead of 6 and no longer

have core course requirements. Each of our three specializations, Non-Profit &

Community Development, Health & Environment, and Urban Studies, now have a

smaller but more targeted list of pre-approved courses that will count towards the

specialization. The department expects that this revision will make it easier for

students to settle into the major and choose an optional specialization. Students

already in a specialization will be held only to the new specialization requirements.

For detailed information on each specialization, please see the department web-

site or stop in the office.

*If you chose a specialization prior to SPRING 2015, your academic

requirements may not reflect this change. Please see Karen in the

department office if you have any questions.

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Before meeting with your advisor, review the HSS Advising Policy and your advising syllabus to know what is expected of you. For

the meeting, print and bring with you the following items:

1. A tentative schedule of classes for Spring 2016

2. Your unofficial transcript from PAWS

3. Your academic requirements as listed on PAWS

**Remember that you must meet the following minimum grade requirement in the foundation

courses before you may register for department core courses. You may register for core courses

if you are currently enrolled in foundation courses, but be advised that your grades will be

reviewed before the fall semester and if you do not meet the grade minimums, you will be

de-registered from SOC301 or

SOC302.

Remember! If you have an

academic hold, you cannot

register for classes until

your advisor lifts it after an

advising meeting.

Advisor’s Office Hours

Academic Writing B-

STA115 – Statistics (or) B-

STA215 – Statistical Inference C+

SOC101 – Intro to Sociology B-

Individual Advising

Students are strongly encouraged to meet with their faculty advisor

before registering for classes and if you have an advising hold, only

your advisor can lift the hold once you have met with them. Drop by

your advisor’s office to sign up for an advising appointment time.

Sign-up sheets will be posted by October 15 outside your advisor’s

office. Please be on time for your appointment and review the HSS

“Advising Syllabus” you received over email. If you are unsure who

your advisor is, open your student account in PAWS and check the right-hand column under

ADVISOR.

Preparing for Your Advising Appointment

Advising

Double Majors — Dr. Elizabeth Borland

& Pre-Majors borland@tcnj.edu (SSB 317A) Mon/Tues: 11:00am — 12:20pm

First Years — Dr. Rebecca Li

lirebecc@tcnj.edu (SSB 314) Mon: 3:30pm — 5:00pm

Thurs: 3:30pm— 4:40pm

Sophomores — Dr. Rachel Adler

radler@tcnj.edu (SSB 339) Mon/Thurs: 12:30pm — 1:50pm

Juniors — Dr. Lynn Gazley

gazleyj@tcnj.edu (SSB 338) Tues/Fri:: 11:30am — 2:30pm

Junior Transfers — Dr. Mohamoud Ismail

mismail@tcnj.edu (SSB 311) Mon: 8:40am — 9:20am

Mon/Thurs: 2:15pm — 3:15pm

Returning Transfers — Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude

wbrown@tcnj.edu (SSB 310) Tues: 11:00am — 2:00pm

Seniors — Dr. Diane Bates

bates@tcnj.edu. (SSB 337) Thurs: 12:30pm — 3:20pm

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Spring 2016 Course Offerings There are 10 courses required to complete the Sociology major. Select courses from each category:

SOC 101-01 40808 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY ISMAIL M/R 9:30 – 10:50am

SOC 101-02 40809 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY LI M/R 12:30 – 1:50pm

SOC 101-03 40810 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY CLYDESDALE M/R 2:00 – 3:20pm

SOC 101-04 40811 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY ISMAIL M/R 3:30 - 4:50pm

SOC 101-05 40812 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY CLYDESDALE M 5:30 – 8:20pm

SOC 101-06 40819 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY CAMIOLO T/F 8:00 – 9:20am

SOC 101-07 40820 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY CAMIOLO T/F 9:30 – 10:50am

SOC 101-08 40828 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY EMMERT T/F 2:00 – 3:20pm

SOC 301-01 40813 DEVELOP OF SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY BORLAND M/R 11:00 – 12:20pm

SOC 301-02 40817 DEVELOP OF SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY BORLAND M/R 12:30 – 1:50pm

SOC 302-01 40814 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS BATES M/R 8:00 – 9:20am

SOC 302-02 40818 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS BATES M/R 11:00 – 12:20pm

SOC 499-01 40815 SENIOR CAPSTONE IN SOCIOLOGY ADLER T 2:00-4:50pm

SOC 499-02 40816 SENIOR CAPSTONE IN SOCIOLOGY ADLER W 8:00-10:50am

ANT 110-01 40431 INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY RATCLIFFE M/R 8:00–9:20am

ANT 110-02 40432 INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY RATCLIFFE M/R 9:30–10:50am

ANT 110-03 40433 INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY SHAKOW M/R 11:00–12:20pm

ANT 110-04 40434 INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY LAURIA T/F 9:30–10:50am

ANT 110-05 40436 INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY LAURIA T/F 11:00-12:20pm

ANT 111 42755 INTRO TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LEADER T/F 2:00-3:20pm

ANT 170 42273 CONTEMPORARY JAPAN DIDI-OGREN T/F 9:30–10:50am

ANT 205-01 40437 HUMAN EVOLUTION BEATRICE M/R 9:30–10:50am

ANT 205-02 42124 HUMAN EVOLUTION BEATRICE M/R 11:00-12:20pm

ANT 240-01 40430 INTRO TO EPIDEMIOLOGY RUSSO T/F 2:00-3:20pm

ANT 240-02 40435 INTRO TO EPIDEMIOLOGY RUSSO T/F 3:30-4:50pm

ANT 270 42587 GENDER AND LANGUAGE DIDI-OGREN T/F 11:00-12:20pm

ANT 340 42125 SOCIAL CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA SHAKOW M/R 2:00-3:20pm

ANT 341 42756 ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY LEADER T/F 11:00-12:20pm

ANT 370-01 40441 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY & FORENSIC

ANTHROPOLOGY

BEATRICE M/R 2:00-3:20pm

ANT 370-02 42272 PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE

MIDDLE ATLANTIC

LATTANZI W 5:30-8:20pm

SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVES

Core courses

Department Electives (select 6, at least 4 at the 300 level)

Remember—you can choose courses with either an ANT or SOC prefix

SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVES —SPRING 2016

SOC 205 42127 INTRO TO SOCIAL WORK SCARPATI M 5:30-8:20pm

SOC 303 42740 WOMEN IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE MULDERIG T 5:30-8:20pm

SOC 330 42279 POPULATION DYNAMICS BATES M/R 12:30-1:50pm

SOC 333 40822 BODY IMAGE, CULTURE & SOCIETY BRODSKY M/R 12:30-1:50pm

SOC 370 42280 ECONOMIC & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN

CHINA

LI R 5:30-8:20pm

SOC/ANT 372-01 42705 / 42128 GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH GAZLEY T 3:30-6:20pm

SOC/ANT 372-02 42706 / 42129 GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH GAZLEY R 3:30-6:20pm

SOC/ANT 373-01 42707 / 40826 PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL POLICY PRASSAS T 5:30-8:20pm

SOC/ANT 373-02 42708 / 42278 PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL POLICY PRASSAS R 5:30-8:20pm

Don’t forget about Winter 2016 (Jan 4– Jan 22)!

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is offering the following courses in Winter term 2016:

ANT 110 Intro to Cultural Anthropology with Dr. Shakow (Mon-Fri 1:00pm-4:15pm; class held on campus)

ANT 170 Intro to Linguistic Anthropology with Dr. Didi-Ogren—this course is a blended learning course and will

be held mostly online with in-class meetings being held Tuesdays 12:30pm-5:30pm.

Spring 2016 Special Topics Courses!

Along with the elective courses being offered this semester, please consider our “special topics”

courses which give students and faculty the chance to focus on a topic that is not currently in the

regular curriculum. Please note that you may register for more than one topics class and if you have

already taken ANT/SOC370 with a different topic, you may again register for ANT/SOC370.

For Spring 2016, there will be six topics courses offered.

ANT 170 Contemporary Japan (Dr. Holly Didi-Ogren) *cross-listed with JPN 171

This course is a survey of social and cultural trends in contemporary

Japan. Our main texts will be scholarly readings from the social sciences,

but we will also include films as another lens through which to consider

significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today. We will

investigate and discuss issues ranging from gender and family, language,

race and ethnicity, religion, sports, food, and popular culture. Throughout

the course students will be asked to engage critically with course materials,

and in so doing to develop a more complex and nuanced perspective on

social and cultural trends in contemporary Japan.

Counts for BSCP and Global Liberal Learning.

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ANT 270 Gender and Language (Dr. Holly Didi-Ogren) *cross listed with WGS 271 and WLC 271

Since its inception in the 1970's, the field of gender and language has grown to encompass a broad

range of disciplines (sociolinguistics, anthropology, psychology, communication studies, literature,

women's studies, etc.) and theoretical interests. This course will provide an overview of key themes

in gender and language research, including: Do men and women speak differently? If so, in what

ways? What kinds of distinctions in languages are made between men and women? What do these

differences (if they indeed exist) mean for the lives of men and women in various societies? How

do societies differ in the role of language in creating gender roles? Why do languages and

language users make the kinds of distinctions discussed above (if they do)? How is gender related

to power, socio-economic class, and ethnicity in different societies with regard to language use? How is gender related

to power, socio-economic class, and ethnicity in different societies with regard to language use? Particular attention will

be given in the course to approaches to language and gender that have developed within sociolinguistics and linguistic

anthropology and which focus on the way in which both language and gender are embedded in structures of power,

authority, and social inequality, and with conflicts over these social structures.

Counts for BSCP and Gender Liberal Learning

.

ANT 370-01 Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology (Dr. Jared Beatrice)

The study of the human skeleton has diverse applications ranging from the reconstruction of human origins to the

intersection of anthropology and forensic science. The latter describes forensic anthropology, an example of

applied anthropology that deals with human identification and trauma

analysis among other aspects of medico-legal death investigation. Forensic

anthropologists are first and foremost physical anthropologists trained in

human osteology and skeletal biology. Thus, the foundational component of

this course is the identification and analysis of the human skeleton. Students

will be introduced to the micro- and macro-anatomy of human bone and to

methods used to develop a biological profile from human skeletal remains. We will then explore how the

recovery and analysis of human remains contributes to forensic casework that may include positive identification,

criminal investigations, mass disasters, and human rights violations. Students completing this course will gain

insight into a fascinating example of the role of anthropology in our daily lives.

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Special Topics Courses continued— Spring 2016

ANT 370-02 Prehistoric Archaeology of The Middle Atlantic (Dr. Greg Lattanzi)

Archaeological research has documented the presence of Native Americans in the Middle Atlantic region beginning at

about 13,000 years ago. This class will explore in detail the archaeology and prehistory of native peoples of the

Delaware Valley and Middle Atlantic region. Prehistoric life over this time is viewed in the context of cultural

adaptations to changing environmental conditions within the broader Middle Atlantic region. This

course critically examines the evidence and interpretations that are the basis of this prehistory. Each

class meeting will include a lecture introducing and outlining a specific time period or topic and

provides a context in which Delaware Valley prehistory can be compared with trends seen in the

broader Middle Atlantic Region. Class discussion will then focus on the details of New Jersey

prehistory and the degree to which it mimics or deviates from regional trends and developments.

Potential field trips to museums, archaeological sites and hands-on with artifacts will enhance

students understanding and knowledge concerning New Jersey’s role in the development of

prehistoric archaeology of the region.

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Special Topics Courses continued— Spring 2016

SOC 370 Economic and Social Development in China (Dr. Rebecca Li) *crosslisted with HON 370

In this course, students will examine the rapid social change in China triggered

by the economic reform initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s. A brief

overview of the pre-reform communist rule in China, including the Great Leap

Forward and Cultural Revolution, provides us with an understanding of the

Chinese experience that helped shape people’s response to policies that opened

China to the world. We then discuss reform policies that unleashed China’s economic dynamism and

gave Chinese people opportunities and freedom few had ever experienced. The drastic social change in

China that followed will be explored in topics including: the emergence of middle class, rapid

urbanization, mass migration, rising inequality and social unrest. Implication of China’s rise to the U.S.

and the world will also be discussed.

SOC 270 Introduction to American Cultural Critics (Dr. Tim Clydesdale)

*important note—this course will take place at Northern State Prison in Newark, NJ;

transportation will be provided.

In this course we will study a few of the historical and social factors that have shaped

contemporary American culture. Specifically, we will focus on major transformations of

American society and culture, and the interaction between the two.

It is commonly argued that modernity has greatly enhanced the overall quality of human

life. Granted. However, modernity also has a dark side. Standing within the broad tradition of critical

theory, we will explore the ways in which modernity may have (or has) undermined crucial aspects of

America’s own cultural tradition. We will focus on the cultural meanings of family, community, school,

politics, youth, and media--exploring how America’s orientation toward these areas has developed, how it

has changed, and what direction it seems to be heading.

This course is structured as a seminar and will emphasize thoughtful exploration and dialogue. In the

spirit of James Thurber, the style and tone of the course will be “questions to explore together,” rather

than “a body of knowledge to be learned.” Among the texts we will read in part or whole are Neil

Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, Martin Luther King Jr's

Where Do We Go From Here?, Charles Derber's Pursuit of Attention, Robert Bellah et al's Habits of the

Heart, Denise Pope's Doing School, and Jean Twenge's Generation Me.

Ten students from TCNJ, personally interviewed and selected by Dr. Clydesdale, will be registered for the

course with an equal number enrolled by Northern State Prison. The schedule is still to be determined but

first preference is Wednesday afternoons 2pm-4:50pm. This course is awaiting final approval from the NJ

Department of Corrections—notification and final schedule will be sent as soon as approval is received.

For more information or to be considered for the class, please contact Dr. Clydesdale at

clydesda@tcnj.edu

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