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Soc 1010 Intro to Sociology













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This page is for Introduction to Sociology, Soc 1010 



























The Textbook Website:

You have a weekly assignment (to be received by me no later than midnight each Thursday) for each chapter of your textbook. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE I RECEIVE YOUR WORK.

You are to do 1 chapter each week; the assignment for that chapter is due on Thursday of the same week. (example: week 3 we do chapter 3 and by Thrusday of that same week the assignment #3 is due --send it by email to me).

SPECIAL NOTE: YOU MAY SEND ASSIGNMENTS IN EARLY- BUT NOT LATE. I MUST RECEIVE YOUR EMAIL NO LATER midnight OR you will only get 1/2 credit.
 That lasts only 1 week and then you get no credit.

The following will help you in learning to access the assignments---

To Access the Textbook Website (where your weekly assignments are), do the following:
1- go on the internet to: http://www.ablongman.com/hensliness7e
2- near the top of the screen, notice a search to get to the correct textbook chapter -click on the chapter you are seeking 
3- about the middle of the page, left side click on "multiple choice"
4- take the multiple question test. You may use your textbook and you should do well.  When you are done:
5- Note that at the bottom of the test you have two choices: You can clear your answers and start over or:
6- You can click on "submit Answers for Grading". When you are ready, click on it
7- You now have a screen that reports your grade and helps you see the correct answers for the 15 multilple choice questions. 

8- If you did not get 100%, redo the test until you do. The questions remain the same.
You can now submit the grade via email using this same system:

SPECIAL NOTE: TO GET ANY CREDIT, YOU MUST PUT DOWN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!! EVERY STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE HAS AN EMAIL ADDRESS THROUGH THE COLLEGE (but you can use another one, if you perfer).

9- - This screen will show a box that you can fill in to submit the report. Place needed information in: 1- Your Name  2- Your email address and 3- MY email address: dwightladams@msn.com  (note that my middle initial is an "L," not a one).

SPECIAL NOTE: Just to the left of your email address and my email address, you MUST "check" the small boxes to get the system to actually send the emails.
SPECIAL NOTE: Just to the left of your email address and my email address, you MUST "check" the small boxes to get the system to actually send the emails.

10- when you finish, click the button underneath and send the report of your grade automatically to yourself (as a copy) and to me (for recording of your grade).
11- You work is done. You need do nothing else.
DO NOT SEND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AS "ATTACHMENTS!"

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Tests: (NOTE: Some Tests are done in class, some are done at home)

THE FINAL IS REQUIRED OF ALL STUDENTS AND IS AN IN CLASS, CLOSED NOTE, CLOSED BOOK TIMED EXAM. It can NOT be dropped and may be comprehensive in nature. IT MAY INCLUDE SKILLS TESTING

Some Midterms maybe online take-home exams, but... To be Eligible to Take an Exam at Home, You Must Have Good Attendence to our Class Periods.

IF THE INSTRUCTOR SUSPECTS ANY STUDENT(S) OF CHEATING, THE OPTION OF DOING TESTS AT HOME WILL BE WITHDRAWN AND EXAMS ALREADY TAKEN MAY HAVE REDUCTION OF GRADES OR BE INVALIDATED ALL TOGETHER


NOTE: Checking what another student got on a question IS  CHEATING and checking to see if another student was able to come up with any answer of a given question is ALSO CHEATING.

Please be courtious in class. YOU SHOULD NOT BE TALKING DURING CLASS TIME (other than with the instructor) AS IT CHEATS OTHER STUDENTS.

Please do NOT TEXT while in class. Respect the class, Respect the class members.






Click HERE for Midterm #2

The Final Exam is scheduled by the college as follows:

Soc 1010-019 Thursday, May 6th @ 11:20 am-1:20 pm

Soc 1010-022 Thursday, May 6th @ 9:10 am -11:10 am

Soc 1010-024 Wednesday, May 5th @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Click on the Study Guides to see old tests.

Salt Lake Community College:  - South Campus

Name of Department: - Social Science

Prefix and # of course:  - Sociology 1010

Name of course:      - Introduction to Sociology

Semester and term:   - SPRING Semester 2010

Instructor's Name:  - Dwight L Adams

Office:                    - South Campus Office N324A

Office Phone:         - 957-3456

E-mail address:  (send homework here:)
                       
-
dwightladams@msn.com 

                 
                    Do NOT send homework here:
                        
dwight.adams@slcc.edu 


Mailbox location:  -
SCC (South Campus)


Consultation hours:    -2 pm –4 pm on Thursdays

                   -1 hour before & after class M, W


Link or instructions for accessing online course materials
:        www.collegestudy.org  
(there you can also access the
textbook web link for the weekly assignments)

REQUIRED Textbook:  (bring it to each class period)

Essentials of Sociology, 8th Ed., Henslin, J M Allyn Bacon, 2009.

Required Equipment: access to the internet to do
the textbook weekly assignments and to get the
exams and study guide material.

You are required to take class notes each meeting.


Course Description:
  "This course is designed as
an introduction to the scientific study of social
behavior, its social causes and consequences.
Sociology is the study of individual and group
processes, patterns, and social systems and their
effects on individuals, organizations, and societies."
  --Dr. Anne Graham, SLCC


Prerequisite : none


Course Goals  &/or learning objectives:
   


Course Requirements
 


Exams
:

There will be 3 midterms, a final and SKILLS Tests
throughout the semester. I drop the lowest score
of  the 3 midterms. Each of the remaining 2
midterms and the Final will be used to calculate
your exam scores.

Each used exam is 20% of your final grade
(20 x 3+ 60%).

Grading:

MIDTERM #1 (through chapter 4) 
MIDTERM #2 (through chapter 8) 
MIDTERM #3 (through chapter 12) 
FINAL  (through chptr 15) CAN'T BE DROPPED

Assignments all together will be 20% of your grade


SKILLS TESTS with Attendance and participation
will be 20% of your final grade, These can NOT be
made up.

      
Major Assignments:  Read the text chapter early in the week. Read the Objectives, Vocabulary, and Introduction Discussion by Tuesday

  • Preparation:  The  weekly homework from the textbook website is due on or before Thursday by midnight each week. Late assignments will get ½ credit, but only for 1 week.  No credit will be given after that. No more than 2 assignments can be turned in during any 1 week period.

Attendance: you have 6 hours of class that you can miss BEFORE IT STARTS hurting your final grade.  this  takes care of illnesses, etc.

Grading Scale and Policy:

 Out of the total possible scores, the following is the grading breakdown:

"A"...top of the class...above 95%:

"A-"...superior achievement...above 90%: 

"B+"...substantial achievement...about 87%:    

"B"...substantial achievement…. about 83%

"B-"...substantial achievement....about 80%              

"C+"...standard achievement...about 77%

"C"...standard achievement...about 73%

"C-"...standard achievement...above 70% 

"D+"...substandard performance...about 67%

"D"...substandard performance...about 63%

"D-"...substandard performance...about 60% 

"E"...unsatisfactory performance...59% and below (Failing grade).

Incomplete policy: The student must have at least 80% of the course finished and a good reason why the rest of the course is not going to be finished on time (Example: serious car accident)

MAKE UP Credit: One Video on Demand with a 3 page paper is allowed to help make up for a homework assignment that might be missed.

Late Work: Each assignment has a deadline to meet for full credit. The exams MUST be turned in on or before they are due. NO LATE ARE ACCEPTED!

SKILLS TESTS can NOT be made up. You MUST be in attendance to do them.

calendar: we will do a chapter per week. We will have tests every 4 weeks.

Student Code of Conduct

The student is expected to follow the SLCC Student Code of Conduct found at  http://www.slcc.edu/policies/docs/stdtcode.pdf 

General Education Statement  

This course fulfills the requirement for the General Education Program at Salt Lake Community College.  It is designed not only to teach the information and skills required by the discipline, but also to develop vital workplace skills and to teach strategies and skills that can be used for life-long learning. General Education courses teach basic skills as well as broaden a student’s knowledge of a wide range of subjects. Education is much more than the acquisition of facts; it is being able to use information in meaningful ways in order to enrich one’s life. 

While the subject of each course is important and useful, we become truly educated through making connections of such varied information with the different methods of organizing human experience that are practiced by different disciplines.  Therefore, this course, when combined with other General Education courses, will enable you to develop broader perspectives and deeper understandings of your community and the world, as well as challenge previously held assumptions about the world and its inhabitants.

ADA Statement                                                       http://www.slcc.edu/drc/

Students with medical, psychological, learning or other disabilities desiring accommodations or services under ADA, must contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC ).  The DRC determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of these accommodations and services for the college.   Please contact the DRC at the Student Center, Suite 244, Redwood Campus, 4600 So. Redwood Rd, 84123.  Phone: (801) 957-4659, TTY:  957-4646, Fax:  957- 4947 or by email:  linda.bennett@slcc.edu































Make-up Credit (if you missed something)

Video on Demand -movies choosen for Introduction to Sociology

Go to: http://digital.films.com/play/AQ3NQA for more choices

(You will also find others listed under each subject that I teach)

Simply click on the link below for the video you wish to watch:

(you may need to create yourself a new account to watch these)

NOTE: some students may have difficulty going directly to the address above or to:


If you do, here is another way to get to the videos:

sign into SLCC "MyPage"
Click on "Library"
You will then see "elie" - click on "Library Resources"
Click on "Films on Demand"

You will then have access to all of the videos on the system. You can do a search for a specific video or call up the lists that I have created (such as
AQ3NQA listed above



SLCC Introduction class


       

A History of Social Classes
53 Minutes
Marx divided the industrial world into two antagonistic classes: the bourgeois and the proletariat. In today's society, this simple dichotomy fails to capture the many segments of a global marketplace. From the communal hunter/gatherers and agrarian cultures; to ancient empires and medieval fiefdoms; to the technocrats, executives, laborers, and others of the stratified modern world, this program examines how each era has organized its members into social classes. Although the opportunistic meritocracy of the global marketplace has displaced earlier societal models, do older patterns of privilege still linger? (53 minutes)

 


       

Beyond the Nuclear Family
25 Minutes
What is a family? The answer might have been easy a generation ago, but today a much wider range of possibilities exists. This program offers a thought-provoking look at the changing roles, structures, and functions of the family unit. Societal expectations, technological advancements, and changes in cultural and sexual diversity are explored. A range of emotional, environmental, economic, and health-related considerations are presented as further reasons for evolving family characteristics. The video presents four Australian case studies of family forms, including interviews with family members, as well as discussions of the future of the family. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. (25 minutes)


       

Family
53 Minutes
From prehistoric extended families to today's double-income and single-parent families, the family as an institution has undergone dramatic change. This program examines the concept of family as viewed around the world and down through time. Historians Andre Burguiere and Pieter Spierenburg; authors Beatrice Gottlieb and Helene Tremblay; Henri Leridon, of the Institute for Demographic Studies; and Egyptologist Florence Maruejol discuss family structure in agrarian societies, life in a polygamous family, the practice of infanticide, the effects of the Industrial Revolution, the impact of the Baby Boom, the upsurge in generational alienation, the impact of divorce, and other topics. (53 minutes)

Some Lecture Notes Soc 1010 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Lecture Notes
Chapter 3 Lecture Notes
Chapters 4 & 5 Lecture Notes
Chapter 6 Lecture Notes
Chapters 7 & 8 Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes Chapter 9
Lecture Notes Chapter 10
Lecture Notes Chapter 11
Lecture Notes Chapter 12
Lecture Notes Chapter 13
Lecture notes Chapter 14
Lecture Notes Chapter 15