SOCI 3006B

Winter 2020

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CARLETON UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

SOCI 3006B

WINTER 2020

SOCIAL THEORY: CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

Instructor: Mathieu Charbonneau

Office: TBD

Office Hours: TBD

Email: mathieucharbonneau@cunet.carleton.ca

Phone Number: TBD

TA: TBD

Email: TBD

Course meets: Tuesdays, 6:05 – 8:55 pm. in TBD

Pre-requisites & Precluded Courses: SOCI 2005 and third-year standing. Precludes additional credit for

SOCI 3005 (no longer offered), SOCI 4006 (no longer offered).

Course Description

An introduction to some of the main sociological theories developed since the end of the Second World

War. The focus is on theories with significant historical, institutional, and political economic dimensions.

Students are invited to gain knowledge of contemporary sociological theories by reading, analyzing and

discussing excerpts from original texts. The purpose of this course is to better understand the history of

sociology, the function of theories and concepts in sociological analysis, and the normative and political

implications of sociological theories, in order to analyse power in today’s society.

Key questions students will examine:

- What is sociological theory and what is its function in sociological analysis?

- Should contemporary theories build on or reject classical theories?

- Are general theories still relevant today?

- What are the explicit and implicit implications of specific sociological theories?

- What is power and how is it understood by contemporary theorists?

Objectives

Through lectures, audio-visual material, in-class discussion groups, class discussions and varied

evaluations, this course aims at presenting, discussing, comparing and critiquing some of the main

sociological theories developed in North America and Europe since the end of the Second World War. In

doing so, it also aims at analysing and questioning power in today’s society through the lenses of

contemporary sociological theories.

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Learning Outcomes and Requirements

→ By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

- Demonstrate broad knowledge of contemporary sociological theories and of the history of sociology

since the end of the Second World War.

- Locate and question the explicit and implicit implications of specific theories.

- Locate and question social biases in the history of contemporary sociological theory, both internal

(i.e. within a theory) and external (i.e. the theorist and its conditions of production).

- Respectfully and constructively discuss theories in a non-judgmental and non-confrontational

manner.

→ The general requirements of this course are the following: read (read and read!), discuss, compare and

critique. More specifically, students are require to:

- Attend all lectures, unless explanatory documentation (e.g. from employer, physician, etc.) is

provided before class.

- Print all readings and bring hard copies to class.

- Read all required readings and prepare written questions, reflections and discussion topics before

class in order to be ready for the instructor’s lectures and class and group discussions.

- Important: reading necessitates taking notes on hard copies and/or in a notebook. The instructor

will present a short reading and note-taking method session during the first class. Reading note cards

will greatly help you improve your reading and analytical skills (as well as your grades).

Assignment and evaluation

- Printed, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced (*reading note cards and final paper

proposal are single-spaced), 2.5cm margins, following the format specified in the departmental style

guide.

- Title page: see template at the end of syllabus.

- References/Bibliography: APA style.

- Written work is due at the beginning of class on its due date or, if not due on a class day, in the

Sociology & Anthropology drop box (Loeb B750) before 4pm.

- Per university guidelines, you must retain a copy of each assignment you submit. The instructor and

TA are not responsible for misplaced assignments for which no other copies exist.

Late assignments policy – Any work handed in late will be marked down ten (10) percentage point per day.

Extension requests must be made ahead of due date and must be accompanied by an official written

explanation (from employer, health professional, etc.).

Computers and phones

- Following recent evidence concerning the negative impact of in class electronic device use on

learning, and on classmates, laptop and tablet computers are not allowed in class, except when

Paul Menton Centre documentation is provided. Volunteer note-takers for the PMC can use

laptops/tablets with provided documentation and must turn Internet connection off. Power cords

should be removed for the aisle.

- Phones should be turned off and stored away for all of class duration. Any student disturbing class

with text messaging and/or phone ringing will be asked to turn phone over to the professor for the

remaining of the class or to leave until break or end of class.

Questions – Asking questions in class is one of the keys to learning (through the process, you might even

help fellow students). Out-of-class questions about the course material are also essential to learning. Please

do not hesitate to schedule an appointment during office hours.

Email communications – Email communications are best suited for handling practical/technical matters,

not course material or questions on evaluations. All emails to your professor/TA are considered formal

communication, and must be written accordingly. Following University guidelines, your Carleton account

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must be used for any email communication. Office hours scheduling requests will be responded to within

24 to 48 hours. Depending on their content, other emailed questions may be answered after more than 48

hours. Email questions concerning course material will be ignored (the instructor will be happy to schedule

an office meeting).

Methods of Evaluation

Additional oral examination can be required for any written work submitted for this course. Final grades

are subject to the Dean’s final approval and authority to change grades.

1. Class attendance and participation (10%) – Participation to group/class discussions, weekly in-class

quizzes or writing assignments; frequency and quality of your participation.

2. Reading note cards (2 X 15% = 30%) – Two (2) reading note cards on a chosen required reading.

Reading note cards must be handed in at the beginning of the class during which the chosen reading will be

discussed. *Cards won’t be accepted after class has started. **See template at the end of syllabus.

***Please don’t wait: handing in a card on week #2 gives you more time to improve your skills and grades

(and prepare for the exam).

- Readings from weeks 2 to 6: the best of a maximum of two (2) note cards. *Must be handed in

from week 2 to 6 (respectively).

- Readings from weeks 7 to 12: one note card *Must be handed in from week 7 to 12 (respectively).

→ Important: reading note cards greatly help answering exam questions and writing the final

paper. Reading note cards are your “working tools.”

3. Mid-term take-home exam (25%) – Answer two (2) questions out of four (4), concerning required

readings from weeks 2 to 6. *Exam questions will be distributed during last class before winter break

(week #6) and exam must be handed in at the beginning of next class (week #7). **Group preparation is

acceptable, but all answers must be written by the individual student acting alone.

→ Answers: 3-4 pages each, structured arguments (i.e. introduction – arguments – conclusion).

4. Final take-home exam on power: proposal (5%) and exam (30%)

→ Topic: power in contemporary theories and society: a title and a 150 words (maximum) abstract;

this is just a first sketch, as your topic will evolve; not marked.

→ Proposal: 1 page plan (including: topic, question and planned structure) and a bibliography of at

least 6 references; maximum of 2 pages (1 page plan, 1 page bibliog.); all paper topics will be

approved by the instructor.

→ Final take-home exam: 12-17 pages; discussion of and reference to at least 5 required readings;

grades of B and above require (among other requirements) substantially using/discussing at least 2

optional readings. Detailed instructions along with a grading rubric will be posted on CULearn.

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Schedule and Required Readings

Classes Evaluation due-dates/deadlines

1. January 7

2. January 14

3. January 21

4. January 28

5. February 4

6. February 11 Deadline: reading note card #1 (15%)

Mid-term take-home exam questions

Winter break

February 18

Mid-term take-home exam

Reading

7. February 25 Due-date: take-home exam (25%)

8. March 3 Deadline: final topic

9. March 10

10. March 17 Deadline: final topic proposal (5%)

11. March 24 Comments on final topic proposals

12. March 31 Deadline: reading note card #2 (15%)

13. April 7 No class: Instructor available for

questions/feedback

April 25 Deadline: final take-home exam (30%)

→ All readings will be available on CULearn (under ARES). *Students must print all readings and bring

hard copies in class.

Week 1 (Jan. 7) – Introduction: what is sociological theory? Quick presentation of syllabus

Optional readings:

Abend, Gabriel. 2008. “The Meaning of ‘Theory.’” Sociological Theory 26 (2): 173–99.

Bourdieu, Pierre. 2004. “III. Why the social sciences must take themselves as their object.” In

Science of Science and Reflexivity. Cambridge/Chicago: University of Chicago Press/Polity Press,

85-114.

Fraser, Nancy, & Jaeggi, Rahel. 2018. “3. Criticizing capitalism,” Capitalism. A Conversation in

Critical Theory. Medford, MA: Polity, 115-164.

Swedberg, Richard. (2017). The Art of Social Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Week 2 (Jan. 14) – The end of general theory of society?

Merton, Robert K. 1949. “On sociological theories of the middle range.” Social Theory and Social

Structure. Simon & Schuster, The Free Press, 39–53.

Mills, C. W. 1959. “Grand theory,” The Sociological Imagination. Oxford (NY): Oxford University Press,

25-49.

Optional readings – Structural functionalism & functional differentiation

Merton, Robert K. 1948. “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.” The Antioch Review 8 (2): 193–210.

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Parsons, Talcott. 1949. “The Present Position and Prospects of Systematic Theory in Sociology,”

Essays in Sociological Theory: Pure and Applied, Glencoe: The Free Press, 17- 41.

Parsons, Talcott, and Neil Smelser. 1956. Economy and Society. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,

1-38.

Pearson, Harry W. 1957. “XV. Parsons and Smelser on the Economy.” In Trade and Market in the

Early Empires, ed. by K. Polanyi, C. M. Arensberg, and H. W. Pearson, New York: Free Press, 307-

319.

Optional readings – Neofunctionalism, cultural sociology and self-referential systems theory

Alexander, Jeffrey C., and Paul Colomy. 1985. “Toward Neo-Functionalism.” Sociological Theory 3

(2): 11-23.

Luhmann, Niklas. 1977. “The Differentiation of Society,” Canadian Journal of Sociology, no. 2:

29–53.

Luhmann, Niklas. 1987. “The evolutionary differentiation between society and interaction.” In The

Micro-Macro Link, ed. by J. C. Alexander, B. Giesen, R. Munch, and N. J. Smelser, Berkeley:

University of California Press, 112–131.

Week 3 (Jan. 21) – Symbolic interactionism & social constructionism: micro-relations

Goffman, Erving. 1961. “On the characteristics of total institutions.” Asylums. Essays on the social

situation of mental patients and other inmates. New York: Anchor Books, 3-48.

Berger, Peter and Thomas Luckmann. 1966. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the

Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Anchor Books, 1-46.

Optional readings: symbolic interactionism and social constructionism

Becker, Howard. 1953. “Becoming a Marihuana User.” American Journal of Sociology 59: 235–

242.

Goffman, Erving. 1959. “The Art of Impression Management.” The Presentation of Self in Everyday

Life. New York: Doubleday, 208-237.

Hacking, Ian. 2001. The Social Construction of What? Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press,

1-35.

Sayer, Andrew. 1997. Essentialism, social constructionism, and beyond. The Sociological Review

45(3): 453–487.

Optional readings: phenomenology and ethnomethodology

Garfinkel, Harold. 1949. “Research Note on Inter- and Intra-Racial Homicides.” Social Forces 27

(4): 369–381.

Garfinkel, Harold. 1967. “Common sense knowledge of social structures: the documentary method

of interpretation in lay and professional fact finding.” Studies in Ethnomethodology, Englewood

Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 76-103.

Schütz, Alfred. 1944. “The Stranger: an essay in social psychology.” American Journal of

Sociology, 49 (6): 499-507.

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Schütz, Alfred. 1953. “Common-sense and scientific interpretation of human action.” Philosophy

and Phenomenological Research, 14 (1): 1-38.

Week 4 (Jan. 28) – Critical sociology: C. Wright Mills and the Frankfurt School

Mills, C. Wright. 1958. “The structure of power in American society.” The British Journal of Sociology 9

(1): 29–41.

Marcuse, Herbert. 1941. “Some social implications of modern technology.” In The Essential Frankfurt

School Reader. New York: Continuum (1994), 138-162.

Optional readings

Arendt, Hannah. 1951. “Eight: Continental Imperialism: the Pan-Movements,” “Nine: The Decline

of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man,” or “Ten: A Classless Society.” The Origins

of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 222-266, 267-304, or 307-440.

Bogner, Artur. 1987. “Elias and the Frankfurt School.” Theory, Culture and Society 4, 249-285.

Marcuse, Herbert. 1964. “The New Forms of Control.” One-dimensional Man: Studies in Ideology

of Advanced Industrial Society. New York: Routledge, 3-20.

Adorno, Theodor and Max Horkheimer. 1944. “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass

Deception.” The Dialectic of Enlightenment, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 95-136.

Mills, C. Wright. 1959. “Grand theory.” The Sociological Imagination, New York: Oxford, 25-49.

Week 5 (Feb. 4) – Bourdieu’s structural constructionism: a middle range theory?

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1986. “The Forms of Capital.” In Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of

Education, ed. by J. G. Richardson. New York: Greenwood Press, 241-258.

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1992. “Structures, Habitus, Practices.” The Logic of Practice. Stanford (CA): Stanford

University Press, 52-65.

Optional readings:

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1979. “Part II. The economy of practices.” Distinction. A Social Critique of the

Judgment of Taste, 97-244.

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1985. “The Genesis of the Concepts of Habitus and Field.” Sociocriticism (2) 2:

11–24.

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1999. “The Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language.” Language and

Symbolic Power, 43-66.

Bourdieu, Pierre. 2001. Masculine Domination. Stanford (CA): Stanford University Press, 1-53.

Bourdieu, Pierre, and Loïc Wacquant. 1992. “The purpose of reflexive sociology.” An Invitation to

Reflexive Sociology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 61-202.

Mander, Mary. 1987. “Bourdieu, the Sociology of Culture, and Cultural Studies: A Critique.”

European Journal of Communications 2, 427-453.

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McCall, Leslie. 1992. “Does Gender Fit? Bourdieu, Feminism, and the Conceptions of Social

Order.” Theory and Society, 21 (6), 837-867.

Week 6 (Feb. 11) – The revival of economic sociology: institutional analysis and network theory

Polanyi, Karl. 1944. The Great Transformation. The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. Boston:

Beacon Press, 45-80.

Granovetter, Mark. 1985. “Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness.”

American Journal of Sociology 91 (3): 481–510.

Optional readings

Block, Fred. 2008. “Polanyi’s double movement and the reconstruction of critical theory.” Revue

Interventions Économiques, 38/2008, Online (October 31 2018):

https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/274

Callon, Michel. 1998. “Introduction: The Embeddedness of Economic Markets in Economics.” In

The Laws of the Market, Oxford/Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers/Sociological Review, 1–57.

Krippner, Greta et al. 2004. “Polanyi Symposium: A Conversation on Embeddedness.” Socio-

Economic Review 2 (1): 109–35.

Steiner, Philippe. 2008. “Who Is Right about the Modern Economy: Polanyi, Zelizer, or Both?”

Theory and Society 38 (1): 97–110.

Zelizer, Viviana A. 1978. “Human Values and the Market: The Case of Life Insurance and Death in

19th-Century America.” American Journal of Sociology 84 (3): 591–610.

No class (Feb. 18) – Winter break: mid-term take-home exam and reading

Week 7 (Feb. 25) – Feminisms: Marxist feminism and institutional ethnography

Federici, Silvia. 2008. “Witch-Hunting, Globalization, and Feminist Solidarity in Africa Today.” Journal of

International Women’s Studies 19 (1): 21–35.

Smith, Dorothy E. 2005. “Chapter 1. Women’s standpoint: embodied knowing versus the ruling relations,”

Institutional Ethnography. A Sociology for People. Walnut Creek (CA): AltaMira Press, 7-26.

Optional readings: feminisms

Butler, Judith. 1990. “Subversive Bodily Act.” Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of

Identity, New York/London: Routledge, 79-149.

Crenshaw, Kimberle. 1991. Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence

against Women of Color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6), 1241-1299.

Dorothy, Smith. 1974. “Women’s Experience as a Radical Critique of Sociology,” Sociological

Inquiry, 44:1, 7-13.

Federici, Silvia. 2004. “All the World Needs a Jolt: Social Movements and Political Crisis in

Medieval Europe.” Caliban and the Witch. Women, The Body And Primitive Accumulation. New

York: Autonomedia, 21-60.

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Fraser, Nancy, et al. 2004. “Recognition, Redistribution and Representation in Capitalist Global

Society: An Interview with Nancy Fraser.” Acta Sociologica 47 (4): 374–382.

Somers, Margaret R. 1995. “The Narrative Constitution of Identity: A Relational and Network

Approach.” Theory and Society 23 (5): 605–49.

Week 8 (Mar. 3) – Modernity and postmodernity I: modernity and its critiques

Habermas, Jürgen. 1974. “The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article.” New German Critique, no. 3: 49–

55.

Foucault, Michel. 1977. “The means of correct training.” Discipline and Punish. The Birth of the Prison.

New York: Pantheon Books, 170-194.

Optional readings:

Deleuze, Gilles. 1992. “Postscript on the societies of control.” October 59 (Winter 1992): 3–7.

Fanon, Frantz. 1961. “Concerning violence,” The Wretched of the Earth, Grove Press, 35-60.

Foucault, Michel. 1970. “The human sciences.” The Order of Things. An Archaeology of the Human

Sciences. London: Routledge, 375-422.

Foucault, Michel. 1972. “Introduction.” Archaeology of Knowledge. London/New York: Routledge,

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Foucault, Michel. 1976. “Truth and Power.” Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other

Writings, 1972-1977, Brighton: The Harvester Press, 109-133.

Habermas, Jürgen. 1981. “Modernity versus Postmodernity.” New German Critique, no. 22: 3–14.

Lyotard, Jean-François. 1984. “Introduction,” “8. The Narrative Function and the Legitimization of

Knowledge” and “13. Postmodern Science as the Search for Instabilities.” The Postmodern

Condition. A Report on Knowledge. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, xxiii-xxv, 27-31

and 53-60.

Week 9 (Mar. 10) – Modernity and postmodernity II: reflexive modernisation and risk society

Beck, Ulrich. 1987. “The Anthropological Shock: Chernobyl and the Contours of the Risk Society.”

Berkeley Journal of Sociology 32: 153–165.

Beck, Ulrich. 1992. “Preface.” Risk Society. Towards a New Modernity. London: Sage Publications, 9-15.

Beck, Ulrich. 2001. “Redefining Power in the Global Age: Eight Theses.” Dissent, fall: 83–90.

Optional readings:

Atkinson, Will. 2007. “Beck, Individualization and the Death of Class: A Critique.” The British

Journal of Sociology 58 (3): 349–366.

Douglas, Mary. 1966. “6. Powers and Dangers.” Purity and Danger. An Analysis of the Concepts of

Pollution and Taboo. London: Routledge, 95-114.

Martell, Luke. 2009. “Global Inequality, Human Rights and Power: A Critique of Ulrich Beck’s

Cosmopolitanism.” Critical Sociology 35 (2): 253–272.

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Mythen, Gabe. 2005. “Employment, Individualisation and Insecurity: Rethinking the Risk Society

Perspective.” The Sociological Review 8 (1): 129–149.

Week 10 (Mar. 17) – Critiques of postmodernity: Political Marxism and dialectical sociology

Meiksins Wood, Ellen. 1997. “Modernity, Postmodernity or Capitalism?” Review of International Political

Economy 4 (3): 539–560.

Freitag, Michel. 2002. “The Dissolution of Society within the ‘Social.’” European Journal of Social Theory

5 (2): 175–198.

Optional readings: modernity, postmodernity and postmodernism

Bauman, Zygmunt. 1988. “Sociology and postmodernity.” The Sociological Review 36 (4): 790–

813.

Harvey, David. 1989. “3. Postmodernism.” The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the

Origins of Cultural Change. Oxford (UK)/Cambridge (USA): Blackwell, 39-65.

Jameson, Frederic. 1984. “Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism.” New Left

Review 146 (1): 53–92.

Week 11 (Mar. 24) – Foucault on Governmentality

Foucault, Michel. 1991. “Governmentality.” In The Foucault Effect. Studies in Governmentality, ed. by G.

Burchell et al., Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 87–104.

Foucault, Michel. 2008. “28 March 1979.” The Birth of Biopolitics - Lectures at the Collège de France

1978-79. Palgrave Macmillan, 267-289.

Optional readings:

Guizzo, Danielle, and Iara Vigo de Lima. 2017. “Polanyi and Foucault on the Issue of Market in

Classical Political Economy: Complementary Approaches to the Radical Theory of Social Control.”

Review of Radical Political Economics 49 (1): 100–113.

Hunt, Alan. 1993. “Law as a Constitutive Mode of Regulation.” Explorations in Law and Society:

Towards a Constitutive Theory of Law, New York: Routledge, 301-333.

Rigakos, George S., and Richard W. Hadden. 2001. “Crime, Capitalism and the ‘Risk Society.’”

Theoretical Criminology 5 (1): 61–84.

Rose, Nikolas, and Peter Miller. 1992. “Political Power beyond the State: Problematics of

Government.” The British Journal of Sociology 43 (2): 173–205.

Week 12 (Mar. 31) – Recent evolutions: Neomarxist theory and Institutional sociology

Fraser, Nancy. 2014. “Can Society Be Commodities All the Way down? Post-Polanyian Reflections on

Capitalist Crisis.” Economy and Society 43 (4): 541–558.

Lazzarato, Maurizio. 2012. The Making of Indebted Man: An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition. Los

Angeles: Semiotext(e), 20-81 and 96-128.

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Optional readings:

Burawoy, Michael. 2003. “For a Sociological Marxism: The Complementary Convergence of

Antonio Gramsci and Karl Polanyi.” Politics and Society 31 (2): 193–261.

Hunt, Alan. 2004. “Getting Marx and Foucault in Bed Together!” Journal of Law and Society 31(4):

592–609.

Somers, Margaret R. 2008. “Theorizing Citizenship Rights and Statelessness.” Genealogies of

Citizenship. Markets, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights. Cambridge (UK)/New York:

Cambridge University Press, 1-57.

IMPORTANT REMARKS AND REGULATIONS

In accordance with the Carleton University Undergraduate Calendar Regulations, the letter grades assigned

in this course will have the following percentage equivalents:

A+ = 90-100 B+ = 77-79 C+ = 67-69 D+ = 57-59

A = 85-89 B = 73-76 C = 63-66 D = 53-56

A - = 80-84 B - = 70-72 C - = 60-62 D - = 50-52

F = Below 50 WDN = Withdrawn from the course

DEF = Deferred (See above)

Academic Regulations, Accommodations, Plagiarism, Etc.

University rules regarding registration, withdrawal, appealing marks, and most anything else you might

need to know can be found on the university’s website, here:

https://calendar.carleton.ca/undergrad/regulations/academicregulationsoftheuniversity/

You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term. For an

accommodation request, the processes are as follows:

Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning

Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and

vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at

613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC,

contact your PMC coordinator to send your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no

later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if

applicable).

*The deadline for contacting the Paul Menton Centre regarding accommodation for final exams for the

Winter 2020 exam period is March 13, 2020.

For Religious Obligations:

Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of

class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details, visit the

Equity Services website: www.carleton.ca/equity/wp-content/uploads/Student-Guide-to-Academic-

Accommodation.pdf

For Pregnancy:

Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of

class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details, visit the

Equity Services website: www.carleton.ca/equity/wp-content/uploads/Student-Guide-to-Academic-

Accommodation.pdf

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For Survivors of Sexual Violence

As a community, Carleton University is committed to maintaining a positive learning, working and living

environment where sexual violence will not be tolerated, and where survivors are supported through

academic accommodations as per Carleton's Sexual Violence Policy. For more information about the

services available at the university and to obtain information about sexual violence and/or support, visit:

www.carleton.ca/sexual-violence-support

Accommodation for Student Activities

Carleton University recognizes the substantial benefits, both to the individual student and for the university,

that result from a student participating in activities beyond the classroom experience. Reasonable

accommodation must be provided to students who compete or perform at the national or international level.

Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of

class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist.

https://carleton.ca/senate/wp-content/uploads/Accommodation-for-Student-Activities-1.pdf

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the passing off of someone else's work as your own and is a serious academic offence. For the

details of what constitutes plagiarism, the potential penalties and the procedures refer to the section on

Instructional Offences in the Undergraduate Calendar. Students are expected to familiarize themselves with

and follow the Carleton University Student Academic Integrity Policy (See

https://carleton.ca/registrar/academic-integrity/). The Policy is strictly enforced and is binding on all

students. Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Students who infringe the Policy may be

subject to one of several penalties.

What are the Penalties for Plagiarism?

A student found to have plagiarized an assignment may be subject to one of several penalties including but

not limited to: a grade of zero, a failure or a reduced grade for the piece of academic work; reduction of

final grade in the course; completion of a remediation process; resubmission of academic work; withdrawal

from course(s); suspension from a program of study; a letter of reprimand.

What are the Procedures?

All allegations of plagiarism are reported to the faculty of Dean of FASS and Management. Documentation

is prepared by instructors and departmental chairs. The Dean writes to the student and the University

Ombudsperson about the alleged plagiarism. The Dean reviews the allegation. If it is not resolved at this

level then it is referred to a tribunal appointed by the Senate.

Assistance for Students:

Academic and Career Development Services: https://carleton.ca/career/

Writing Services: http://www.carleton.ca/csas/writing-services/

Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS): https://carleton.ca/csas/group-support/pass/

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Important Dates – Winter 2020

December 30, 2019

Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students

registered in winter term courses.

December 25, 2019-January 1, 2020 University closed.

January 6, 2020 Winter term classes begin.

February 17, 2020 Statutory holiday. University closed.

February 17-21, 2020 Winter Break. Classes are suspended.

March 13, 2020

Last day to request formal exam accommodations for April

examinations to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities.

Note that it may not be possible to fulfill accommodation requests

received after the specified deadlines.

March 24, 2020

Last day for summative tests or examinations, or formative tests or

examinations totaling more than 15% of the final grade, in winter term

or fall/winter courses before the official examination period (see

examination regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University

section of the Undergraduate Calendar/General Regulations of the

Graduate Calendar).

April 7, 2020

Winter term ends.

Last day of winter term and fall/winter classes.

Last day for academic withdrawal from winter term and fall/winter

courses.

Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be

specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for winter

term and fall/winter courses.

Last day for take home examinations to be assigned, with the

exception of those conforming to the examinations regulations in the

Academic Regulations of the University section of the Undergraduate

Calendar/General Regulations of the Graduate Calendar.

April 8-9, 2020 No classes or examinations take place.

April 10, 2020 Statutory holiday. University closed.

April 13-25, 2020

Final examinations in winter term and fall/winter courses may be held.

Examinations are normally held all seven days of the week.

April 25, 2020

All take-home examinations are due on this day, with the exception of

those conforming to the examinations regulations in the Academic

Regulations of the University section of the Undergraduate

Calendar/General Regulations of the Graduate Calendar.

May 15-27, 2020 Winter term and fall/winter deferred final examinations will be held.

May 18, 2020

Statutory holiday. University closed. No examinations take place.

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Carleton University

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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SOCI 3006B

Winter 2019

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Instructor: Mathieu Charbonneau

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[Student name]

[Student number]

[Full date]

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Reading note card template

[Title page following standards]

[Reading note card; one page max.]

[Full APA bibliographical reference]

[Key concepts: 6 max.]

[Puzzle/question/aim: …]

[Theses: 2 max.]

[Main arguments:]

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2. [argument]

3. [argument]

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*Important: a reading note card is not an exam question, nor a paper/essay. Each entry must be limited

to a maximum of one to three sentences. One page maximum.