• Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, eds. 2003. The Social Movements Reader. Cases and Concepts. Malden MA: Blackwell Publishing.

• Web Readings at Dr. Santos web site: see links and schedule below.
  

The class meets three times a week, for an hour and a half each. Attendance and punctuality are mandatory (absences & tardiness will be penalized). All students will be organized for the duration of the course into eight student groups of three students each. If need be, some groups may have to add a fourth student.

I) SANDERSON & ALDERSON CHAPTER TESTS.  Dr. Santos will lecture on each of the 11 chapters of the Sanderson & Alderson textbook, usually once a week on Mondays (only on week 2 will he lecture on two chapters). Using the campus web-based WebCT testing service, students must take up to two tests on each of the chapters, and they must do so anytime during the same week period Dr. Santos lectures on each of them, but no later than midnight of each Sunday in question -- EXCEPT for the FIRST THREE CHAPTERS TESTS, all of which may be taken anytime up to  TUESDAY MIDNIGHT, JANUARY 17. This will allow students to rev up in their study and work out in time all the glitches they may encounter in their computer testing. After that day, all chapter testing deadlines will fall on the Sundays in which each chapter is assigned.

Note: Students may take up to two tests per chapter if need be, to improve their scores (if so, the final chapter score will be the average of the two test scores). Each test consists of 20 multiple choice questions; the student has one hour to complete it from the moment the test commences. Below are more detailed instructions on how to take these tests.

II. STUDENT GROUP PRESENTATIONS. On week 3 we will begin to have student group presentations on Fridays (see schedule below), based on readings from the Goodwin & Jasper reader on social movements - three articles from a selected "Part" of the reader every Friday session. Every student must come prepared to discuss these article readings even if he/she is not presenting. Each student presentation -- PowerPoint is preferred, but overhead slides and posters are OK, too - will be on one of the selected articles and should last no more than 15 minutes, followed by some discussion before the next presentation. Each student presentation should cover the following areas:

When students from a group are presenting articles from the reader on a given Friday, they will be held responsible for setting up and testing their presentations in advance of the class. Electronic or paper copies of their presentations should be emailed or given to Dr. Santos on the day of the presentations.

III) WEB READING REPORTS. Dr. Santos will also lecture on each of the five web readings assigned - usually on Wednesdays. On those days (see schedule below) students must come to class prepared to discuss the assigned web reading for the day. To ensure that they do, on those days students must bring to class a written "READING ASSESSMENT," of no more than two pages, on the assigned web reading for the day. No late reading assessments will be accepted, unless the students has previously arranged an authorized absence from Dr. Santos.

These reading assessments must not summarize or repeat the readings, but must personally and critically respond to them, express what the student thinks about them: you should identify the areas of strong agreement and disagreement with the author, explaining why you feel that way, as well as raise questions, or anything in particular that caused you a revelation, amazement, perplexity, or surprise. Whatever you write, you should explain your specific analytical and personal reasons for doing so. The reading assessment need not cover every issue found in the assigned reading for the day, but it should demonstrate that you read it well by judiciously choosing what to comment on. A very bad assessment will reveal the student read very little or very superficially, just to do the assignment (it's called "going through the motions"). A good assessment will demonstrate the student really read all the material and did a serious intellectual effort to identify and critically grapple with the main issues involved. At the end of their reading assessments, students should always list a couple of questions or issues for class discussion. On such days where a web reading was assigned, Dr. Santos will ask for a volunteer or two, or randomly select a couple of students, to read their assessments. Please be punctual and be prepared! Also, please put on top of your reading assessments your name, the date, and the reading you are assessing, and turn it in at the end of class.

To access the web readings, click on their links placed in the schedule below. Once you do that, you will be prompted to enter a username and a password (only once per session); these two access codes are generic (meaning they are the same for everyone) and will be announced in class. (Please note: these web readings' access codes are different from the username and password you have been individually assigned to access WebCT testing.)

IV. GROUP RESEARCH PROJECTS: In lieu of final exams, each group will design, research, and write a research project on a topic relating to social change and social movements, due by 11:00 am, Friday March 17 at Dr. Santos' office. The particular subject matter and time period may be as broad or narrow as each group chooses; it may cover the whole world, a region of it, or just a country; and cover a time frame of several centuries or just a few decades or just the contemporary scene. The subject matter may be divided up among the students chronologically, thematically, or in comparative fashion between peoples, classes, movements, technologies, and geographies, but it ultimately must be historically grounded and sociologically oriented, tracing and explaining actual cases of social change. The student groups must obtain approval from Dr. Santos for both their overall group topic and for their individual subtopics no later than February 15. Group delegates may visit and consult with Dr. Santos to accomplish this.

Though the final research volume should reflect the group effort, each student will individually write his or her own contributing papers, between 5 and 6 pages in length (apart from the bibliography), double-spaced, font 12, with one-inch margins. Students will submit their individual papers electronically (in Word, please) to Dr. Santos' email address, and their research volume in paper at his office. The volume should be bound, have a title page, a table of contents listing each individual title and student author, and the actual papers; continuous page numbering between papers and a single, common volume bibliography are actually discouraged - don't waste time; each paper should start with the paper title and author at the top, be independently numbered, and have a bibliography at the end.

Each individual paper should have a well stated, well focused research hypothesis, a summary of the literature read and the key descriptive data, and a critical analysis section leading to a conclusion. Papers will be graded for clarity and organization, quality of analysis, and accuracy and relevance of assembled data.

For guidelines on how to write a good research term paper, citations & bibliographic styles, etc., please go to the following URL: http://www.csub.edu/~gsantos/Guide-Paper.html.

Research Extra Credit: There are two general studies courses that students are strongly encouraged to take if they need to develop their research skills, and if they do will receive extra credit for this course (Soc 338) as well:

GST 126 - Researching the Electronic Library (2 units)
Introduces students to effective research techniques using Library electronic resources. Emphasis will be placed upon skills necessary for the identification, retrieval, and evaluation of information for general and specific topics. Students will acquire the competencies necessary to develop an effective search strategy and find research materials, including references to journal articles, full text articles in electronic format, government publications, books, and Internet resources.

 GST 153 - Research on the Internet (2 units)
Introduces students to the information resources available on the Internet for research purposes Students will develop general knowledge of the Internet, navigation skills, effective search strategy skills, familiarity with Internet finding tools, evaluation methodologies and other Internet research skills.

Plagiarism: To prevent students from wittingly or unwittingly engaging in plagiarism, Dr. Santos strongly recommends students to carefully read and abide by the document CSUB Classifications of Plagiarism found at: http://www.csub.edu/tlc/options/resources/plagiarism/4plagiarimclassifications.htm.

Furthermore, students are advised that all papers will be submitted to TurnItIn.com, a professional web site that some CSUB faculty subscribe to and now routinely use to quickly detect plagiarism. Anyone found guilty of engaging in plagiarism will automatically fail the course and be reported to the Office of Student Discipline and Judicial Affairs for further disciplinary action.

V. GRADING: The chapter tests from the Sanderson & Alderson book are collectively worth 55 points (5 points per chapter score); the reading assessments of the web readings are collectively worth 15 points (3 points per assessment); the class presentation is worth 10 points; the research term paper is worth 20 points. Perfect attendance will be rewarded with 3 extra points (and a point is lost for each absence).

94-100 = A	87-89 = B+	77-79 = C+	65-69 = D
90-93 = A-	84-86 = B	74-76 = C	< 65 = F
	80-83 = B-	70-73 = C-