This Week in Sociology: Jan 26-30, 2009
Welcome Back! we hope you’ve had a restful 6 weeks off and are ready to tackle Spring semester. We want to draw your attention to a few things that are new this semester:
1. We hope to be sending out weekly updates of events in Sociology and around campus. If you have events that you would like posted on this blog, please send an e-mail to advising@soc.umass.edu and (as long as it’s appropriate for posting) we will include it in our weekly update to students.
2. The Sociology advising office has developed a Google Calendar for the Undergraduate Program. You can find the link on the sidebar to this page. (Look right.) We also have included the Career Services events calendar. Things will be updated and changed on the calendar as the semester progresses, so please check it early and often to make sure that events and schedules have not changed.
3. The Sociology Advising Office is looking for a few good students (especially Juniors and Seniors):
- To act as peer advisors to help students choose courses during pre-registration for Fall 2009. We need students representing each concentration- especially those who have completed many of theor major, gen ed., and/or global ed requirements.
- Who have studied abroad and would like to share their experiences with others during the Sociology Department’s New Student Orientation on April 1.
- Interested students should send an e-mail to advising@soc.umass.edu
4. As of Friday, Jan. 23, the following Sociology courses had openings:
Soc. 213 Data Collection and Analysis
Soc. 329 Social Movements, (Section I fulfills Junior Year Writing requirement)
Soc. 335H Radical Movements (honors course, fulfills Junior Year Writing requirement)
Soc. 342 Deviance and Social Order
Soc. 386 Complex Organization
Please check SPIRE for these and other open courses during the add/drop period.
Finally, here’s what’s going on this week in and around Sociology:
January 26:
First Day of Spring Semester
January 27:
Advisor Hours: 11:30-1:30pm, 704 Thompson
January 29:
Advisor Hours: 11:30-1:30pm, 704 Thompson
Career Services: Intro to Internships/ Coops, 3pm, 508 Goodell (check the Career Services Events Calendar for more information on this and other upcoming events)