Schedule and Assignments for Social Movements, Fall 2008

  SAKAISyllabus - Ted Goertzel's email - goertzel@camden.rutgers.edu

This class will have weekly quizzes and assignments in the SAKAI course management system,. 

Weeks One and Two  - Jan 23 to Feb 1 - Ideologies as Life Scripts

Week Three:   Feb 4 to 8 - Sociological Theories of the Origins of Social Movements

Week Four   Feb 11 to 15 - Terrorist Movements
  
Week Five - Feb 18 to 22 - Generational Trends in American Society

Week Six  - Feb 25 to 29 - Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Activists

Week Seven  - March 3 to 7 -  Feminist, anti-Feminist  and LGBT Movements

Week Eight -  Review, March10. Midterm, March 12. 
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Week Nine  - March 24 to 28 -Utopian and Socialist Movements

Week Ten  - March 31 to April 4 - The Dynamics of Ideological Groups

Week Eleven    April 7 to 11  -  Authoritarian and Nationalist Movements;  Netroots and the New Left 

Week Twelve -   April 14 to 17-  Islamist Movements, Benazir Bhutto; Tribalism

Week Thirteen  -  April 21 to 25 - Ideological Bases of Terrorism; Issues in the 2008 Democratic Primary

Week Fourteen  April 28 to May 1  -  Revisionism and Denialism;  The Future of Social Movements

Week Fifteen -  Last Class May 5  -  Outline of topics for the final examinations.  Course evaluation.

Quiz Fourteen will close late Monday night (actually 4 a.m. on May 6)  It will cover materials listed fo. Week Fourteen
Final Exam Alternative One: Quiz Fifteen will be an online multiple choice exam focusing on selected issues from the semester as a whole.  A study guide for this exam is on the Week Fifteen Web Page.  The exam will open on May 8 and close at 12:30 p.m. on May 12.  You will have one try on this exam and one hour.  There will be about 50 items, some but not all of which will be repeats from our weekly quizzes.   You cannot stop the clock on the exam, you should allow an hour to take it. To find your grade on this test, click on "Grades on Quizzes." If you attempt this exam at the last minute and something goes wrong, then come to class for Alternative Two.
Note:  Please print or save a copy of the confirmation page saying that your exam has been submitted.  Make a note of the exact time when you take it.  We have had a few incidents of quizzes reported to have "disappeared" from SAKAI.  The SAKAI people are skeptical of these reports.  If this happens again, I want to have documentary evidence for the SAKAI investigators.  No complaints of lost exams will be accepted without this document.
Final Exam Alternative Two:  An essay final examination will be given on Monday May 12 at 2 p.m. in our classroom.  If you do not complete Alternative One, you must complete Alternative Two.  A study guide for this exam is on the Week Fifteen Web Page
Note:  I changed my mind about offering the option of taking both exams, please choose one or the other