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This graduate seminar examines civic engagement in international, national and local environmental governance. We will... see more
This class has been reorganized to focus primarily on the War in Iraq. As in previous years, the class still examines war... see more
This course examines the contemporary problem of political violence and the way that human rights have been conceived as... see more
We begin by considering briefly the evolution of the family, its cross-cultural variability, and its history in the West.... see more
This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices... see more
Share with your students why the presence of an outlier affects which measure of central tendency to report. Feel free... see more
The Project's goal is to revitalize research on George Herbert Mead's work by facilitating access to his publications and... see more
Documentary Wire is a community driven search engine designed to bring you the best documentaries on the Internet. View... see more
The goal of this exercise is to think about a concept typically called religious fundamentalism and to consider how we... see more
The goal of this exercise is to explore the relationship between religiosity and other variables using crosstabulation.... see more
The goal of this exercise is to create a measure of religiosity. We will also validate our measure. Validity refers to... see more
This is a free, online textbook. According to the authors, "goal in preparing this book is to provide a very basic... see more
A companion to Landscapes of Capital by Goldman and Papson, this site is an archive of the TV ads referenced in the book.... see more
Covers how to interpret the One-Way ANOVA results, why we use the ANOVA rather than several independent sample t test... see more
According to the site's description, "Social Science Space brings social scientists together to explore, share and shape... see more
This RLO is part of “Sociology of Leisure” course. The module discusses some major features of current leisure patterns,... see more
A website for use in both education & research consisting of country-by-country reports focused on children who make... see more
Since 2003, The Free Library has offered a humongous collection of literary classics, up-to-date periodicals/articles in... see more
A vibrant blog for sociological information and insights created by students and faculty connected to the University of... see more
This American Life is a weekly public radio show broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 1.8 million listeners. It... see more
This guide includes images from and suggestions for discussing and writing about the Tseng Kwong Chi Collection at the... see more
STEPS has created a multimedia initiative to re-ignite interest in the problem of global poverty. Why Poverty? features 8... see more
This short video helps anyone see the difference between the way we may casually use the term "theory" and what is... see more
Most of the major categories of adaptive behavior can be seen in all animals. This course begins with the evolution of... see more