Universität Wien

230108 UE The Art of Argument: Reading and Writing Sociological Texts in English (2016W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 35 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 06.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 13.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 20.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 27.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 03.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 10.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 17.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 24.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 01.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 15.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 12.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 19.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 26.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Art of Argument course will:
(a) help students identify arguments other social science scholars make,
(b) help students develop their own argument in the context the work of other scholars,
(c) help students effectively and efficiently identify scholarly resources appropriate for a literature review,
(d) help students evaluate the reliability of sources,
(e) help students to integrate multiple sources into a literature review,
(f) help students advance your English skills in reading, writing, presenting, and discussing sociological issues

In this course, students will practice critical thinking, sociological reasoning, and argumentation, using English texts. Students will identify and evaluate arguments other writers have made. The reading material will provide considerable insights and methods to gain an understanding of the written work that sociologists and other social scientists produce. Using the reading material, as well as other academic texts, students will develop sociological arguments. The course work will focus on writing an argumentative paper, that either analyzes, or/and extends the work of other social scientists. Finally, students will use the many scholarly resources available to them to help research and write their arguments and literature reviews.

Assessment and permitted materials

The students in this course will be assessed in the following ways:
(a) class participation
(b) review and critique of course reading material
(c) writing argument
(d) draft argumentative research paper
(e) final argumentative research paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1 Sehr gut 90% or more
2 Gut 80% - 89%
3 Befriedigend 70% - 79%
4 Genügend 60% - 69%
5 Nicht genügend 59% or less

Examination topics

There will be no exemptions in this course. However, students will be assessed as stated in the "assessment and permitted material", as well as the "minimum requirements and assessment criteria" above.

Reading list

I will post the following reading material on Moodle for students to read.
Reading Exercise 01: Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored relationships by Shanyang Zhao, Sherri Grasmuck, and Jason Martin.
Reading Exercise 02: Half a Story? Missing Perspectives in the Criminological Account of British Muslim Communities. Crime and the Criminal Justice System by Julian Hargreaves
Reading Exercise 03:
1. A post-genomic surprise. The molecular re-inscription of race in science, law and medicine by Troy Duster
2. ‘When are you from?’ Time, space, and capital in the molecular re-inscription of race by Jonathan Kahn
Reading Exercise 04: Parental Responsibilities: Dilemmas of Measurement and Gender Equality by Andrea Doucet
Reading Exercise 05: A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Gender and Ethnicity Portrayals on ESPN’s SportsCenter from 1999 to 2009 by Jacobs S. Turner
Reading Exercise 05:
1. Why Women Still Can’t Have It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter
2. Why Men Still Can’t Have It All by Richard Dorment ?

Association in the course directory

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