TEACHING

Mohammad H. (Behrooz) Tamdgidi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston

  • E-mail: mohammad.tamdgidi@umb.edu
  • Office: 3 Wheatley Building, 4th Floor
  • Office Telephone: (617) 287-3954, Fax: (781) 874-1448
  • Academic Mailing Address: Sociology Department, Wheatley Building, 4th floor, Room 12
    UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, Phone: 617-287-6250

Fall 2008 Courses:

  • Soc. 341, sec. : Elements of Sociological Theory— MW 12:30-1:45, Wheatley, 4th floor, room 22.

Courses:

  • [Note: numbers in parentheses indicate number of sections taught. All syllabi originally designed and instructed.]

    At UMass Boston:
    Elements of Sociological Theory: Fall ‘03 (2), Spring ‘04 (2), Fall ‘04 (2), Spring ‘05 (1), Fall ‘05 (2), Spring ’06 (2), Fall ’06 (2), Spring ’07 (2), Fall ’07 (1), Spring ’08 (2), Fall ‘08 (1, scheduled), Spring ‘09 (1, scheduled)
    First Year Seminar (“Insiders/Outsiders”): Fall ’06 (1), Spring ’07 (1), Spring ’08 (1), Fall ‘08 (2, scheduled), Spring ‘09 (1, scheduled)
    Society and the Individual: Spring ’08 (1)
    Sociology of Knowledge and Ignorance: Fall ’06 (1)
    Graduate Course: Applied Sociological Theory: Fall ’05 (1)
    Senior Seminar: Liberating Social Theory: Spring ‘05 (1)
    The Self in Society: Studies of Autobiographies: Fall ‘04 (1)

    At SUNY-Oneonta:
    Society and the Individual: Spring ’01 (1), Spring ’02 (1)
    Perspectives and Theories in Sociology: Fall ’02 (1), Spring ’03 (1)
    Symbolic Interaction: Spring ’03 (1)
    Introduction to Sociology: Fall ‘01 (2), Fall, ‘02 (2), Spring ‘03 (2)
    Ideas and Ideologies: Fall ’02 (1)
    Utopias: Spring ’02 (1)
    Social Policy and the Life Course: Fall ‘01 (2): Spring ‘02 (2)
    Independent Study: Child Welfare Policies: Fall ’01 (1)

    At SUNY-Binghamton:
    Social Change: Sociological Frameworks: Fall ’01 (1)
    Sociology of Global Self-Knowledge: Spring ’00 (1)
    Issues in Human Development: Dialectics of Knowledge and Society: Spring ’00 (1)
    Sociology of Knowledge: Mysticism, Utopia, & Science: Spring ’97 (1)
    Iranian Revolutions: Spring ’87 (1), Spring ’88 (1)
    Middle East in Marxist Perspective: Fall ’87 (1)
    Housing and Community Development: Summer ’87 (1)

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