Sociology Department Course Listings

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

The Sociology Department will be sponsoring three classes this semester. Class syllabi will be forthcoming, and class descriptions and schedules are available below.

I will be your professor if you choose to enroll. My name is Dr. Gil Grissom. I have a Ph.D in Entomology, but my years first as a coroner in Los Angeles, and then as a crime scene investigator in Minneapolis and Las Vegas, have given me insight into certain aspects of this field of study. Therefore, the class offerings have been tailored around my experience and expertise.

Also, please, call me Grissom. This coursework will be a relentless and intense experience, and we shall have little time for politics or formalities.

Please enroll here. New students are welcome.

Office hours for Grissom are as follows:
Tuesday 12-2pm
Wednesday 2-4pm
Friday 2-4pm

Study groups are encouraged, and a classroom partner will be required for participation in Criminology. If you do not find one, they will be assigned to you randomly by the end of the first week.



Sociology 201: Criminology

3 Credit Hours
Class Schedule: MTTh - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Prerequisites: None

Sociology 201 will serve as an introduction to the field of Criminology. This class will study criminal behavior as it functions in society, from the etiology of crime to the effect it has on the community surrounding it. Various topics that may be addressed include the prison system, criminal profiles, the role of law enforcement in our society, and the examination of various schools of criminology.



Sociology 310: Special Topics - Death and Dying

4 Credit Hours
Class Schedule: MW - 4:00pm - 5:45pm
Prerequisites: None, although the course's subject matter may prove to be disturbing to some. Please use your discretion.

Sociology 310 will study the complex set of issues that surround the concepts of death and dying. Each week will address a specific topic through lecture, discussion, and readings. This class will have a multi-cultural perspective, and will deal with the many social ramifications of death. We will begin with historical perspectives on death and conclude with modern funerary precedures.



Sociology 500: The Sociology of Deviance

4 Credit Hours
Class Schedule: Wed - 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Class Standing. Appropriate coursework, or life experience, done previously.

Sociology 500 will examine the idea of deviance in modern day culture. We will seek to answer many questions - including exploring the definition of deviant, how we come to define something as deviant behavior, how these so-called deviant societies are structured, and how they may be assimilated into culturally acceptable culture. Topics will vary wildly, from vampirism, to drug cultures, to outcast political groups.




Required texts, general course overviews, and first assignments will be given out at the first meeting of each class, which will start tomorrow. Add/Drop period will be this week only.

Grades will be given for Criminology, and Death and Dying. Sociology of Deviance is Pass/Fail. More specifics will be detailed in the syllabi.

Updated class rosters may be located here.

Comments

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Dr. Grissom? Er, I mean Grissom...I'm sorry, I'm southern, and I just can't call my teachers something so informal. But, either way, I'd like to sign up for Soc 310. In my life, I feel it's particularly necessary. Thank you, sire.

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

[[OOC: Er, sir. She's from Mississippi, not Olde England.]]

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Dr. Grissom is fine if that is what you are accustomed to. I have added you to the class roster, and look forward to your participation and insights.

[alchemy-4-arson.livejournal.com]

Social deviance? Sounds fascinating. I'd like to apply for Sociology 500.


((OOC: :snert: That sounds like Jeopardy.))

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

I'd like to sign up for the Death & Dying course please, sir.

I'm Allison Cameron.

[goodnightdodger.livejournal.com]

You mind if I take Sociology 500: The Sociology of Deviance?

Sounds like my style.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

You have been added to the course roster. Thank you for your interest.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, Miss Cameron. I will see you tomorrow in class.

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sir.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

I will add you to the class list. I hope you can bring your insights into a classroom setting.

[harried-potter.livejournal.com]

Dr. Grissom,

'Sociology 310: Death and Dying' sounds like it might answer a few questions of mine.

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

Your classes sound fasci--brilliant! Though, I might be able to teach you a thing or two about such matters, in exchange. I only wish I was still a student, but my school days were quite some time ago.

Would it be possible to sit in and audit, if my teaching schedule permits?

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Deviance, huh? Sounds like an easy A... I mean sounds like a fascinating field. Sign me up.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

I look forward to seeing you in class.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Perhaps we can arrange for you to guest lecture if your schedule permits. Your input would be most welcome, and feel free to sit in at any time.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Deviance will be Pass/Fail due to the controversial nature of the course, but attendance and participation will be expected and required to pass. I will see you in class on Wednesday evening.

[addams-daughter.livejournal.com]

I should like to sign up for Sociology 500, please. The topic interests me greatly.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Participation? Consider me there, Gil. Front row seat.

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

Thank you [looks up to the nameplate above the door], Grissom. We could sit down sometime in the next few weeks and share information. After all, I don't think you would be familiar with the criminal behaviour of the Slitheen family from Raxacoricofallapatorius, and I don't know a good deal about American criminal activity--I've seen it very rarely.

Knowledge is the most necessary commodity, don't you agree? And the one most necessary to be expressed freely.

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

As someone who has already seen a great deal of traumatic death, Sociology 310 interests me. I would like to perhaps explore different perspectives on the subject, and perhaps I could offer useful insight as well.

[cyloninyourhead.livejournal.com]

I would be most interested in Sociology 310.

Thank you.

[littleluck.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey. I'd be interested in the Social deviance course, if that's acceptable. Kind of fond of finding out what makes people tick.

[sumeragi-13.livejournal.com]

I would like to be signed up for Sociology 310, please, sir. *bows*

[connie-the-kid.livejournal.com]

Sociology 500 Sounds interesting and it will come in handy when my genes kick in, I'll take it.

OOC

[alchemy-4-arson.livejournal.com]

((( DOCTOR WHO! TENTH DOCTOR! ::dies:: What's your subject?)))