Sociology
2180: Alcohol, Drugs, and Society |
||||||||
All students are expected to attend both the Tuesday and Thurday class sessions. Students may attend class face-to-face (live in the classroom), live via Zoom internet connection, or by reviewing the archived Zoom class sessions each week. See "Attendance" in the syllabus for more information. Read the assigned text material as early as you can. Review the associated online lecture notes (prior to coming to class--section 001, or attending a Zoom session (sections 001 AND 002). These notes work best when viewed online. They are web documents with links you can explore for additional information, and to seek further clarification, on selected topics. Develop critical analyses and questions for discussion both in class and via the online discussion forums. There are a variety of resources in the class MyGateway site's "Course Documents" and "External Links" folders to assist you with your self-study. Readings listed as "Goode" are in the main text book, Erich Goode's, "Drugs in American Society." Readings listed as "AD" are in the Inciardi reader, "The American Drug Scene." Click on "Readings for Part One (Two, Three, or Four) to access these assigned readings online you'll need to logon to Roksworld (use your UMSL SSO ID and password). Please be sure to use the "Practice Quizzes" found in the "Assignments" area. You will also find a variety of other study tools in the "Course Documents" area. It contains study guides, test study tips, and other utilities to help you prepare for the exams. Times and Attendance: Tuesday and Thurday 12:30-1:45 PM in SSB 216. "Internet-Only" students are expected to review the Tuesday day AND the Thurday day archive each week for full attendance credit, course content, and course information. Internet-only students are always welcome to attend the live class--face-to-face or via Zoom. Don't forget your weekly "sign of life" point--part of the attendance requirement. |
||||||||
Module | Week | Day |
Dates |
Times |
Topic |
Assign. Due |
Assignments
and Readings Due (readings should be completed prior to class on day listed) |
|
Module 1 |
1 |
Tue |
Jan 16 |
Introduction |
.. ... ..... . . |
Introduction and overview: Drug Use in America? |
||
Thur |
Jan 18 |
Sociological Concerns |
.. ..... . . |
Talking
about Drugs: Sociological Concerns about Social Constructions:
Goode: Introduction,
and Chapters 4 and 3. AD (The American Drug Scene):
Readings
for Part One. |
||||
2 |
Tue |
Jan 23 |
Defining
and Categorizing Drugs |
Introduction and Chapter 4 LearnSmart Due by 12:00 Noon |
|
|||
Thur |
Jan 25 |
Types of Use and Understanding Drug Effects |
. . .. |
|
||||
Fri |
Jan 26 |
5:00
PM |
.. ..... . . |
Complete syllabus quiz Due close of business (5:00 PM) Friday, January 26 |
||||
3 |
Tue |
Jan 30 |
Project Day and Review |
We will discuss the critical thinking project and review material covered, as necessary |
||||
Thur |
Feb 1 |
Addiction and Abuse, part 1 |
|
The Social Construction of Drug Addiction and Abuse. Goode: Chapter 4; AD: Readings for Part One. | ||||
4 |
Tue |
Feb 6 |
Addiction
and Abuse, part 2 |
|||||
Thur |
Feb 8 |
Theories
of Use, part 1 |
. . .. |
|
||||
5.1 |
Mon |
Feb 12 |
5:00
PM |
Last day to withdraw without receiving a grade |
. . .. |
Last day to withdraw without receiving a grade |
Last day to withdraw without receiving a grade. |
|
Tue |
Feb 13 |
Theories of Use, part 2 |
|
|||||
5.2 |
Thur
|
Feb 15 |
A Historical Perspective on Drugs and Social Policy, part 1 |
. . .. |
|
|||
6 |
Mon |
Feb 19 |
11:59
PM |
Test 1 due |
. . .. |
Last day to take Test 1--due by end of the day. Test 1 covers chapters 3, 4, and 7 in Goode; the associated Inciardi readings and lecture notes, etc. |
||
Tue |
Feb 20 |
A
Historical Perspective on Drugs and Social Policy, part 2, and Media Bias |
SOL . |
|
||||
Thur |
Feb 22 |
Social
and Scientific Representations of Drug Use |
|
|||||
7 |
Tue |
Feb 27 |
Patterns
and Trends in Drug Use, part 1 |
|
||||
Thur |
Mar 1 |
Patterns
and Trends in Drug Use, part 2 |
|
|||||
8 |
Tue |
Mar 6
|
Alcohol (I'll drink to that!), part 1 |
Alcohol: History and Change. Goode: Chapter 8 ; AD: Readings for Part Three. |
||||
Wed |
Mar 7 |
11:59
PM |
Test
2 Due |
.. . . |
|
|||
Thur |
Mar 8 |
Alcohol (I'll drink to that!), part 2 |
. .. |
|
||||
9 |
Mon |
Mar 12 |
Last day to withdraw without instructor's permission
|
. . .. .... |
. . .. .... |
Last day to withdraw without instructor's permission | ||
Tue |
Mar 13 |
Cannabis,
part 1 |
Cannabis: Don't Bogart That Joint My Friend. Goode: Chapter 10 ; AD: Readings for Part Three. | |||||
Thur |
Mar 15 |
Cannabis,
part 2 |
... . |
|
||||
10 |
Tue |
Mar 20 |
Hallucinogens |
Tripping Through History, as well as the new “party/rave” drugs. Goode: Chapter 10, AD: Readings for Part Three. | ||||
Thur |
Mar 22 |
Stimulants |
.. |
|
||||
Saturday March 24-Sunday, April 1: Spring Break | ||||||||
11 |
Tue |
Apr 3 |
Narcotics |
|
||||
Thur |
Apr 5 |
Project Day and Review |
. ... ..... |
We will discuss the critical thinking project and review material covered, as necessary. | ||||
12.1 |
Tue |
Apr 10 |
Prozac
Generation |
|
||||
12.2 |
Thur |
Apr 12 |
Drugs
and Crime, part 1 |
. .. .. . |
Drugs, Crime and Violence. Goode: Chapter 13; AD: Readings for Part Four and the Illicit Drug Industry. Goode Chapter 14. | |||
13 |
Mon |
Apr 16 |
5:00 PM |
Test 3 Due and Last day to withdraw |
. . .. | Test
3 due and Last day to withdraw |
|
|
Tue |
Apr 17 |
Drugs
and Crime, part 2 |
|
|||||
Thur |
Apr 19 |
Illicit
Drug Industry |
.. .. .... ..... . . |
|
||||
14 |
Tue |
Apr 24 |
Drug
Education and Prevention |
|
||||
Thur |
Apr 26 |
Treatment
and Intervention |
|
|||||
15 |
Tue |
May 1 |
Drug
Policy: Prohibition, Decriminalization, and Legalization |
|
||||
Thur |
May 3 |
Drug
Policy: Harm Reduction |
|
|||||
Sun |
May 6 |
11:59
PM |
Discussion Forums Close--all attendance must be finalized | |||||
Thur |
May 10 |
11:59
PM |
Test 4 Due |
. .. |
Last
day to take Test 4--due end of the day. Test 4 covers
chapters 13-16 in Goode; the associated Inciardi readings and lecture
notes, etc. |
End of day: Unless otherwise posted, assignments are due by the end of the day listed: 11:59 PM (23:59). Students who submit work past a due date are subject to penalties, point deductions, or not having their work accepted for grading.
URL: http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/180/180assign.html
Owner: Robert O. Keel rok@umsl.edu
Last Updated:
Saturday, December 30, 2017 10:13
Unless
otherwise noted, all pages within the web site http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/
© 2017 by Robert O. Keel.
Click here to Report
Copyright Problems