COURSE NUMBER: |
SSCI 495 |
COURSE TITLE: |
Senior Social Science Seminar |
NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr Randolph Haluza-DeLay |
CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3(hrs lect 0 - hrs sem 3 - hrs lab 0) |
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
All students with Sociology as a first subject of
concentration in the BA program are required to take this course. The
seminar is designed to engage students in clarifying the common ground
of traditionally distinct social science disciplines. Emphasis is
placed on interdisciplinary concerns.
Prerequisites: Six
credits in a designated social science at the 300-level.
THE THEME: Given what I know, how do I situate myself
in the world?
(as a social scientifically minded person, a person of belief, and a
community citizen/ member of the human species).
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REQUIRED
TEXT: |
- Woodley, Randy. 2012. Shalom and the Community of
Creation: An Indigenous Vision. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
- Additional Readings (Course reader to be available in
Bookstore).
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MARK
DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
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Research Project - Proposal for RFP |
10% |
Research Project - Class Presentation |
15% |
Research Project - Final Paper |
30% |
Course Contributions & Discussion Leading
& Additional Reflections |
20% |
Reflections - Initial reflection |
5% |
Response to Woodley |
20% |
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100% |
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COURSE
OBJECTIVES: |
- 1) Summarize and synthesize your university career
(provide an interdisciplinary and unifying capstone experience to
students' social science course work).
- Via looking at your courses, and applying them.
- Via reflections on course material.
- 2) To work at articulating your own approach at
drawing together faith/discipleship and your professional discipline.
- Via consideration of “Christ & culture”
(faith and society).
- 3) To develop skills in organizational analysis,
research methods and techniques useful for future endeavours in the
professional world.
- Via investigation of “community development”
- Respond to an RFP (Request for Proposals)
- Via an organizational analysis.
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COURSE OUTLINE: |
- Introduction. What do you know? Thinking
through your degree. Randy’s approach to Sociology
- Being Faith-full… Community Development
Case Study work Functional skills from Sociology
- Faith in the World I Studying faith-shaped
organizations (faith-based=FBO); Asset-based CmtyDev, not
needs deficiency
- Movie: I am Sam QUESTION: How does this represent
what McKnight is describing?
- Faith in the World II Intro Culture, Christendom;
Models of Faith and Society (Intro Christ & Culture)
- Christendom #2; Models of Faith; More
cultural analysis: Shalom as community (whither our games?)
- Faith in the World III: Cultural & Religious
Analysis I
- Faith in the World III: Cultural & Religious
Analysis II
- Faith in the World III: Cultural & Religious
Analysis III
- Faith in the World III: wrapup
- Project Presentations
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