Contemporary Sociological Theory Syllabus
of the Grinnell College Sociology Department
Week 1: 9/1 -- Introduction
Week 1: 9/3 -- Functionalism: Durkheim & Parsons
Week 2: 9/8 -- Functionalism: Merton
Week 2: 9/10 -- Conflict Theory: Marx
Week 3: 9/15 -- Critical Conflict Theory: Habermas
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Week 3: 9/17 -- Conflict Theory: Weber, Dahrendorf, & Collins
Week 4: 9/22 -- Symbolic Interactionism: Mead & Blumer
Week 4: 9/24 -- Symbolic Interactionism: Goffman & more
Week 5: 9/29 -- Phenomenology: Garfinkel
Week 5: 10/1 -- Phenomenology: Berger & Smith
Week 6: 10/6 -- Rational Choice: Homans & Coleman
Week 6: 10/8 -- Rational Choice: Blau
Week 7: 10/13 -- Structuralism
Week 7: 10/15 -- Structuration, the Body, & Sociobiology
Week 8: 10/29 -- Grand Visions
Week 9: 11/3 -- The Promise
Week 9: 11/5 -- An American Sociology
Week 10: 11/10 -- Triumph of Scientific Sociology
Week 10: 11/12 -- Critical Theories
Week 11: 11/19 -- French Poststructuralists
Week 12: 11/26 -- Thanksgiving Break
Week 13: 12/1 -- New Social Movements
Week 14: 12/10 --Conclusions
Week 14: 12/8 -- Refashioning Sociology