Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to explain, in terms of the discipline, knowledge of theoretical approaches to individual reality, socialization, cultural definitions of personality, stereotypical behaviour, ritualization, existential reality of being and Dramaturgical applications to careers and everyday interaction. 
See Learning Outcomes  Course prerequisite SOC 12050. For Class Calendar see Assignments page.

Four Papers will be given and expectations for graded performance wi1l be discussed. (Absences: 4 - 1/3d reduction. Half of all classes - Fail.)  Failure to submit assigned papers will result in an "F" for each paper and final grade being reduced by 1/3. Exam questions are announced prior to the exams and students have the option to write in-class or submit a paper.For detailed discussion, click on GRADES. No password accepted after 2d week of classes. For cheating and plagerism consult University policy 3-01.8.

EXAM  DATES: 21 Sep, 19 Oct,  16 Nov, Final  Dec 12 My Office - 10AM 

DATES OF NOTE: Classes begin 29 Aug,  5 Sep Labor Day, 11 November Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Recess 23 to 27 November, Classes End 9 Dec, Final 12 Dec my office 10AM. For registration deadline  and withdrawal deadlines click on University Calendar.

EQUAL ACCESS/DISABILITIES: In accordance with university policy, if you have a documented disability and would like to request accommodations to obtain equal access to this course, please contact the East Liverpool Campus SDS representative (Room 117) to whom documentation should be submitted. (see  disabilities )

DR JACK'S DIVERSITY POLICY: Each student is respected and treated as an adult and an individual.

READINGS SEQUENCE

Part I
2. The Social Foundations of Human Experience
4. Islands of Meaning
5. Speed Culture
7. Emotion Work nad feeling Rules
8. Managing Emotions in Medical School
12. Becoming a Gendered Body
13. Risky Lessons
14. Corporate Logo Tattoos and Commodification

Part II
15. The Self as Sentiment and Reflection
16. The self as Social Structure
17. Young Children's Racial and Ethnic Definition of  Self
18. Gang-related Violence
19. The Dissolution of the Self
20. The Presentation of Self
21. Cyberspace and Cyberselves
22. The Gloried self

Part III
23. Helping Women and Protecting the Self in an Abortion Clinic
24. Face-work and Interaction Ritual
25. Public Bathrooms
27. Between Difference and Distinction
28. Society in Action
29. Protecting the Routine from Chaos
30. Legitimated Oppression

Part IV
32. Managing Emotions in an Animal Shelter
33. Borderwork Among Boys and Girls
34. Woman, Power and Hair
36. Doing Gender as Resistance
37. The Moral Career of the Mental Patient
39. Consuming Terrorism
40 Nazi Doctors at Auschwitz
41. Collective Forgetting and the Symbolic Power of Oneness

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