UNIV 104ZThe Power of Emotions

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THE POWER OF EMOTIONS - - - The UNIV 101 & UNIV 104 courses offer a blended course format which includes two primary components, one focusing on the academic topic, taught by a faculty member with the second component devoted to new student transition topics, taught by a professional staff partner instructor. This freshmen seminar course will explore an intriguing intellectual topic, help freshmen hone critical thinking and writing skills, and assist students in making a successful transition to university life. - - - This course explores how sociologists approach the interdisciplinary study of emotions. We will focus on the role of emotions in social life and social activism. Although understood as micro-level phenomena, emotions experienced at the micro-level can be linked to macro-level social structures. In this course, we will examine some of the social determinants of emotions, the social construction of emotions, and the effects of emotions on social consensus and social justice. Over the semester, we will explore how emotions are socially learned, shaped, regulated, controlled, and distributed in the population as well as the consequences of emotion culture, emotion norms, emotion management, and emotional labor for individuals, social groups, and society. NOTE: All UNIV 101 and UNIV 104 courses are restricted to students in their FIRST SEMESTER at the University. Students MAY NOT register for more than one UNIV 101 or UNIV 104 course.