ICS 9: Studying Race and EthnicitySPRING 2009
Instructor: Mae Lee
Office Hours: 1:30-2Pp MW, and by appointment
Phone: 408-864-8973
Class Times: 12:30pm - 1:20 pm, M-Th
SYLLABUS
ICS 9 Spring 2009 Syllabus EXAMS
ICS 9 Midterm #1 Study Guide
ICS 9 Midterm #2 Study Guide
WEEK 1 HANDOUT
Instructions for Reading Discussion
WEEK 2 VIDEO ASSIGNMENTS
View and take notes on 1 of the following: * Youtube
video: Yellow Rage - Def Poetry Jam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi2LoWPImZE
* Youtube video: Beau Sia - Def Poetry Jam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40EUMU3pFc
WEEK 4 DEMOGRAPHIC & SOCIOLOGICAL DATA
This packet is a power point document of the data in your course reader.
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
These are 6 worksheets, each designed to help you think
about and carry out the different components of your research project,
and ultimately write the research paper.
RESEARCH PAPER
PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY SOURCES
For your research paper, you will need to use both primary and secondary sources. What's the difference? Read this short description: Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Your primary sources will include:
- reports on demographic data (from the U.S. Census or other data-compiling source)
- findings based on your 5 interviews
- findings based on your observation of 1 site
- and maybe: newspaper articles, articles from popular (non-scholarly) publications
Your secondary sources will include:
- research articles by social scientists that describe their research studies
- books, documentary films, on-line articles of analysis or opinion
LOOKING FOR DATA TO INCLUDE IN YOUR "BACKGROUND INFORMATION" SECTION?
Try looking here: U.S. Census Bureau and Government Data, Reports and Data on Race and Ethnicity
RESEARCH PAPER - FORMATTING REFERENCES CITED
You are required to use APA (American Psychological Association) citation guidelines for your paper. APA style - a set of rules and
guidelines for citing social science information. The social sciences include
anthropology, sociology, political science, history, economics, jurisprudence
and philosophy.
See: http://deanza.edu/library/citingsources.html (for general
citation info on De Anza library website).
Your paper must include both:
1. In-Text Citations:
Single
Author Named in Signal Phrase:
Social
historian Richard Sennett (1980) names the tendency to come to terms with
difficult experiences a "purification process" whereby
"threatening or painful dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a
clear and articulated image of oneself and one's place in the world" (p.
11).
Single
Author Named in Parentheses:
The
tendency to come to terms with difficult experiences is referred to as a
"purification process" whereby "threatening or painful
dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a clear and articulated image of
oneself and one's place in the world" (Sennett, 1980, p.11).
Two
Authors:
Goody and Watt (1963) have
gone so far as to declare that "the most significant elements of human
culture are undoubtedly channeled through words, and reside in the particular
range of meanings and attitudes which members of any society attach to the
verbal symbols" (p. 323).
Web
Page:
The cabin at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site is designed to be
"symbolic of the one in which Lincoln was born" (National Park Service, 2003, para.
1).
2. A page called "References Cited" (which is your bibiliography):
Examples of listed items on your "References Cited" page:
Format for
Article in Printed Journal:
Kralj, M. M.
(1994). Getting out of the box. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice
and Research, 46 (2), 27-28.
Format for
Full-Text Article from a Database -
Holton, W. (1994). The Ohio Indians and the coming of the American Revolution
in Virginia.The Journal of Southern History, 60,
453-478. Retrieved July 31, 2001, from JSTOR database.
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