SYA 4930 -  Sociology of Youth & Emerging Adulthood
Detailed Readings

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Here is a link to the E-Reserves for our class, for your convenience.

Wed. 1/10  Course Overview
    Online- Among Affluent Students, a Culture of Disengagement
     http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/kjoos/fall06/syg2000/flacks.pdf
    Online- From Sociological Illiteracy to Sociological Imagination
     http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/newnews/news42700a.htm

Wed. 1/17 Introduction to Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
     T 1
     R 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
  Serving-Learning placements: Center for Leadership & Service
  Writing Exercise: How do you define "adult"
  ICA #1: Scenario Exercise
  Introduction to Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
  NPR interviews Jeffrey Arnett & Thomas Hine about Emerging Adulthood http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyld=1277445

Wed. 1/24 Biological & Cognitive Foundations
    T 2 & 3
    R 2.1, 2.2 & 3.1, 3.2
  Puberty
  ICA #2: Films about Puberty from 1950s compared to current
  Molly Grows Up
  As Boys Grow
  The Switch
  Gender in a box: the social construction of dominant gender ideals -- shaving cream & deoderant packaging
  Click here for the notes we did not have time to finish in class.

Wed. 1/31 Cultural Contexts
    T 4
    R 4.1, 4.2
  Socialization
  Culture, cultural values, cultural beliefs
  Theories of Moral Development
  Film: Crazy/Beautiful
  Remember to email ICA #3 to Marissa by 5pm Friday 2/2

Wed. 2/7  Media
    T 12
    R 12.1, 12.2
    E-Reserves: Milkie
    TBNR: Ch. 10 Media Me
   Media Use in Numbers
  Theories of media's influence
   Media & Socialization
   Film: Merchants of Cool
   Interview with Douglas Rushkoff
   ICA #4: turn in on 2/14. Please respond to the following: How does the discussion of freedom in the TBNR Media Me chapter relate to what Rushkoff says in Merchants of Cool and in the  interview linked above? Do you agree that the pervasiveness of commercial media shapes youth culture and impedes on our freedom? Explain and illustrate your response with examples.

Wed. 2/14 Gender
    T 5
    R 5.1, 5.2
   TBNR: Ch. 7-8
  Bring a magazine or two that are targeted to an adolescent (12-18) or emerging adult (18-25ish) audience

Click here for Valentine's Day Extra Credit - due Wed. 2/21

Wed. 2/21 The Self
   T 6
   R 6.1, 6.2
  TBNR: Ch. 9 Adventures in Desocialization

Wed. 2/28 - Exam 1 - click here for the Study Guide