2nd
SOCIOLOGY
INTERNSHIP
SOC 488 SUMMER 2003
INSTRUCTOR: |
Gary Welborn |
OFFICE: |
HB304 |
PHONE: |
878-6428 |
HOURS: |
by appointment only |
Email: welborgs@buffalostate.edu Web Site: http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/welborgs/ |
Required
Readings
“Field Research Packet for the Sociology Internship Program”
at The Copy Cat (Elmwood & Forest)
F Its best to call before going to pick it up — 883-6400
Focus of the Course
In this course, you will build on the skills of field research that you began to develop in the first internship, using techniques such as participant observation, formal and informal interviewing, focus groups and analysis of field records. Your intern site will be your source of data for a semester-long research project, in which you will analyze some aspect of the social life you find there. As with the first internship, you have wide latitude to choose an intern site that fits your needs. However, it is important to think about how you will use your ‘sociological imagination’ to carry out your research. How will you link things you have been studying and learning with what you observe and experience in the real world? What are the main sociological theories and concepts you will use to understand and describe what you learn about in the field? You will collect data in your field journal, further developing your skills of close observation and systematic recording. These are skills that will be useful throughout your life, no matter what you do. Field work, in a setting that interests you, can be an exhilarating experience, but it can also be difficult and frustrating. You can expect to experience both these emotions.
PLEASE NOTE: Any student who requires accommodations to complete the requirements and expectations of this course because of a disability is invited to make his or her needs known to the instructor and to Marianne Savino, coordinator of services for students with disabilities, South Wing 120, ext. 4500
Evaluation
There are four components to the evaluation process for this course:
F |
|
ATTENDANCE: |
F |
|
JOURNAL:
|
F |
|
FINAL PAPER: Your Project Description will account for 1/4 of
this 40%. |
|
||
|
||
F |
|
FIELD
SUPERVISOR'S EVALUATION: |
Discussion Group Schedule & Reading Assignments |
|
||||
F |
|
Discussion group meetings will be in the Sociology Conference Room (B308), starting promptly at 1:00pm. |
|||
|
|||||
I AM IN GROUP # __________________ Please enter your
Group Number, circle the dates for your group |
|||||
|
|||||
DATES FOR DISCUSSION GROUP 1: |
|||||
Tuesday, |
|
Discuss “On Intellectual Craftsmanship” Read
C. Wright Mills, packet pages 1-17 |
|||
Tuesday, |
|
Discuss field techniques (especially interviewing) Read
packet pages 78-121 |
|||
Tuesday, |
|
HAND IN JOURNALS (NO CLASS) |
|||
Tuesday, |
|
Discuss & Hand In
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS |
|||
Tuesday, |
|
Discuss Writing & Controlling Thesis Read
“The Stage of Intensive Analysis” packet pages 122-130 |
|||
MONDAY, |
|
FINAL PROJECTS &
JOURNALS DUE |
|||
|
|
|
|||
DATES FOR DISCUSSION GROUP 2: |
|||||
Thursday, |
|
Discuss “On Intellectual Craftsmanship” Read
C. Wright Mills, packet pages 1-17 |
|||
Thursday, |
|
Discuss field techniques (especially interviewing) Read
packet pages 78-121 |
|||
Thursday, |
|
HAND IN JOURNALS (NO CLASS) |
|||
Thursday, |
|
Discuss & Hand In
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS |
|||
Thursday, |
|
Discuss Writing & Controlling Thesis Read
“The Stage of Intensive Analysis” packet pages 122-130 |
|||
MONDAY, |
|
FINAL PROJECTS &
JOURNALS DUE |
|||