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CHRTC 309

Course introduction

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Instructor
• Instructor: Dr. Jeff Brassard
• Office: Tory 1-62D (in the Centre
for Criminological Research
• Office Hours: In Person or Online
by Appointment
• Email: [email protected]

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I’ve put together a course
reader for this class. A link
to it is available on eclass
So other readings are
directly linked on eclass

Readings

The readings are primarily


taken out of the field of
Sociology of Religion and
Sociology of Youth

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This class is asynchronous meaning we
do not have an official meeting time

Recordings will be posted and you


How the watch them whenever you want
course Try to keep up with them as much as
works possible

I will try to post slightly less than 150


minutes of material per week.
Evaluation • Short quizzes - 2 during the year 10% each (Sept 25
& Nov 13)

• Midterm – 30% (October 23)

• Final Exam - 35% (TBD)

• Eclass discussion forums – 15% (10 posts/replies


through the term 1.5% each)) [see eclass]

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Evaluation II
• Quizzes: Two short quizzes with short answer questions testing on concepts from the course

• Midterm and Final Exam: each exam will entail 5 short answer questions on various course topics.

• Discussion: 10 weeks of the term will have online discussion forum. Each student is required to post one
response to the topic question and one response to another student.

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Any Questions?

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• The course offers an
exploration of youth and
religion through a
sociological lens. The course
The Course examines the impact of
social and family structure,
cultural movements and
technology on changing
patterns of belief.
Course topics to midterm

• Sociological theories of Religion


• Secularization
• The Cultural world of millennials
• Gen Z who are they, and what do they believe?
• The structure of millennial and Gen Z belief (Moralistic
Therapeutic Deism and faith unbundled)
• Soul Searching (documentary)
• Religious factors (parents and life experiences)

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Course Topics After midterm
• Religious Education: The influence of Catholic/Christian school
• Religious summer camp
• Faith and higher education
• Sex, Teenagers and religion
• Religion and life outcomes in Teenagers and Emerging Adults
• Religious refinement in teens and emerging adults
• Understanding religious growth, stability and collapse in youth and
emerging adults

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Any Questions?

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