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Dr. Janet Lever was honored last spring with a Distinguished
Woman Award. This award honors the outstanding achievements of
women faculty, staff, and administrators at California State
University, Los Angeles. Awardees are recognized for a variety
of accomplishments, including achievements within her field,
significant contributions to Cal State L.A., commitment to students
and women's issues, community involvement, and professional
recognition. The award ceremony was held on Tuesday, May 25,
2004.

Dr. Janet Lever recently appeared on the Today Show discussing
the results of the Cybersex and Romance Survey given online through
Elle.com and MSNBC.com. MSNBC.com is currently featuring
several articles on this topic and can be found by clicking on the
links below:
Dating and Mating
on the Internet
Personals, sex
sites changing the rules of love

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Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), the national sociology honor society,
initiated a number of students during the Spring 2004
initiation banquet. The keynote speaker for the event was Dr.
Julie Albright. Students interested in more information
about AKD should check the following link.
Alpha
Kappa Delta

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- Several new or modified courses in sociology have recently
been approved. These courses will begin to be offered in
Fall 2004.
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- Modified Course
- SOC 443 - Diversity in Alternative Families (4)
- Cross-cultural examination of family diversity:
Inter-racial/ethnic relationships; Minority and low-income
single-parent households; Same-sex and step-families;
International/ethnic adoption; Socio-legal
implications of reproductive technologies.
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- SOC 591 - Sociology Methods Application (1)
- Prerequisites: SOC 590, SOC 410 and SOC 490 or 491, with
grades of B or better. Focused faculty and peer input on
methodological issues related either to preparation for the thesis
or comprehensive examination (May be repeated to a maximum of 2
units); (CR/NC)
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- SOC 592 - Content Analysis (1)
- Prerequisite: SOC 490 or 491 with a grade of B
or better. Focused instruction from design through analysis.
Students complete individually-designed projects based on any
appropriate content-analysis medium (historical or contemporary
documents, speeches/narratives, arts, media, cyberspace, etc.);
(ABC/NC)
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- SOC 593 - Teaching Sociology at the College Level
(3)
- Prerequisite: Advancement to Candidacy. May be taken
alone or concurrently with SOC 594. Higher educational
pedagogy training in sociology instruction.
Includes: standard lecture, multi-modal teaching and learning
styles; syllabus design; preparing lessons, class materials, and
exams; grading practices; course and student outcomes assessment;
(ABC/NC)
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- SOC 594 - Teaching Sociology Internship (3)
- Prerequisite: Advancement to Candidacy.
May be taken alone or concurrently with SOC 593. SOC 594
instructor provides pedagogical training and discussion while
students intern with a mentor professor in the classroom-based
internship. mentor professors determine internship role
(running discussion groups, guest lecturing); (CR/NC)
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