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Statement and resources on racial justice and police violence by the department of sociology at the University of Tennessee

December 8, 2022 by newframe

The UT Department of Sociology stands with all recent efforts to protest against 400 years of racial oppression.  We have not yet put out a statement because there are so many eloquent statements being put out, by our colleagues and by the associations with whom we are affiliated.  These include:

· THE AFRICANA STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CONDEMNS GEORGE FLOYD’S HOMICIDE

· THE WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: RESOURCES FOR JUSTICE WORK

· A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES AT THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS

· AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE REBELLION OF 2020

·  “Allies, Don’t Fail Us Again” – Charles Blow, NYT

·  “America, This is Your Chance” – Michelle Alexander, NYT

· READING TOWARDS ABOLITION – A reading list by critical historians and scholars on policing, rebellion, and the criminalization of Blackness

We encourage our non-Black students to do the proactive work this summer to engage and study the resources, texts, and ideas in these links. Many of these resources are authored by colleagues we have worked with across the years and whose work we will continue to use in the classroom.  We also look forward to bringing our own research on these issues into our discussions and classrooms this Fall as many of us have centered our scholarship in these pursuits.

As people of color across this nation know, and as we have taught, the protest wave we are seeing is not just in response to the inequities manifested in the suffering caused by the pandemic, nor by the recent documentation of murders of black people by police.  As horrible as these events have been, these are just the most recently apparent symptoms of structural racism that have laid waste to communities of color for centuries.  We share the disgust and outrage at the events and the history underlaying them.

But we are also greatly encouraged by this most recent protest wave.  We are awed by the unremitting strength of those who have taken to the streets.  We are especially inspired by the young people who have led so many of the protests nationwide.  We are excited about the city officials who have pledged to rethink policing in order to reimagine community-led public safety, but wary of how progressive policies have so often been derailed in the past.  And we recognize that diminishing police budgets and rethinking safety are only the very first step in addressing centuries of savage discrimination and racism.  But we are hopeful in this amazing moment, and pledge to continue to do our part to be a part of the movement, to listen carefully and act wisely.  We hope you will too. We will see you in the streets, in the halls of government, and in our classrooms.

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New Applied MA in Sociology as of Fall 2022

December 8, 2022 by newframe

The Applied Sociology Master’s (MA) program within the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville offers courses at the graduate level to prepare students to apply sociological research skills to current social problems.  Many important fields outside of academia are often lacking in critical sociological perspectives and would benefit from the sociological tools and skills gained in this program. 

          The Applied Sociology MA is designed to prepare students for career opportunities outside of the university that promote transformative change for social equity. The track relies on much of the substantive coursework in the Department of Sociology’s other specialty areas of critical race and ethnic studies, criminology, political economy and globalization, and environment, exploring conceptual overlap between these areas and how they relate to real-world applications, while maintaining a focus on how to foster social change.  The only new course is a graduate practicum/action research course, which applies sociological analysis to the internship experience. 

Catalog Description 

Courses provide foundational knowledge of inequality and combined with critical methodology and sociological analysis. Courses equip students with substantive skills to useful in a variety of social change orientated careers.  The concentration thesis is a theoretically- and experientially-informed report of student’s work done based on participation in a practicum experience. 

Credit Hours Required 

Minimum of 30 graduate credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. 

Required Courses 

SOCI 506 – Sociology and Social Justice (2 hours) 

SOCI 511 – Pedagogy and Graduate Instruction (1 hour) 

One of the existing foundations courses (3 hours) 

• SOCI 503 – Foundations of Environmental Sociology 

• SOCI 504 – Foundations of Political Economy 

• SOCI 505 – Foundations of Criminology 

• SOCI 509 – Critical Race and Sociological Foundations of Race and Ethnicity 

2 research methods courses (6 hours) 

• SOCI 531 – Research Methods in Sociology (required) 

• SOCI 631 – Advanced Quantitative Methods 

• SOCI 633 – Survey Design and Analysis 

• SOCI 636 – Field Research 

Two elective courses (6 hours) 

• SOCI 541 – Social Movements 

• SOCI 644 – Political Sociology 

• SOCI 653 – Law and Society 

• Advanced topics class (645, 655, 665, or 695) 

• Course in other department (e.g. Public Policy, Social Work, Education, WGS) in consultation with advisor 

SOCI 546  Practicum/Action Research (6 hours) 

SOCI 500  Thesis (6 hours) 

Non-Course Requirements 

• When a decision is reached about the thesis topic, the student should consult with the faculty member whose interests most closely match the student’s and with whom the student can establish a strong working relationship and request that the faculty member chair the thesis committee. 

• Students must complete all requirements within 6 calendar years of enrollment. 

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