Soc 1010 Intro to Sociology

You have a weekly assignment (to be received by me no later than midnight each Friday) 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 Friday of the same week. (example: week 3 we do chapter 3 and by Friday of that same week the assignment #3 is due --send it by the systems 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. Do not work more than 1 week ahead. You need to stay with the class.

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.wwnorton.com/college/soc/essentials-of-sociology3/

2- There are many things you can do, but for the assignment, do the quiz for the current chapter
3- notice a search to get to the correct textbook chapter -click on the chapter you are seeking

4- you choose how many questions to answer. For our purposes, make sure you choose at least 15.
5- Then take the multiple question test. You may use your textbook and you should do well.
6- You can repeat the quiz as needed for a perfect score.

7- You now have a screen that reports your grade and helps you see the correct answers for the 15 multilple choice questions.

8- 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).

MY email address: dwight.adams@slcc.edu .

DO NOT SEND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AS "ATTACHMENTS!" I will NOT open them.

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DO NOT SEND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AS "ATTACHMENTS!" I will NOT open them.

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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 Exams 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.

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.

General Education ePortfolio NEW

Each student in General Education courses at SLCC will maintain a General Education ePortfolio. Instructors in every Gen Ed course will ask you to put at least one assignment from the course into your ePortfolio, and accompany it with reflective writing. It is a requirement in this class for you to add to your ePortfolio.

Your ePortfolio will allow you to include your educational goals, describe your extracurricular activities, and post your resume. When you finish your time at SLCC, your ePortfolio will then be a multi-media showcase of your educational experience.

For detailed information including a Student ePortfolio Handbook, video tutorials for each ePortfolio platform, classes, locations and times of free workshops and other in-person help, visit www.slcc.edu/gened/eportfolio.

FOR THIS CLASS, the signature assignment for your ePortfolio is as follows:

At least 2 weeks before the end of the semester, load the following into your ePortfolio and give the URL to your instructor so he may check it:

1 - Load up 3 pictures of people holding some sort of event. Add a caption to the picture stating what the picture represents using a sociological construct. You will have one for Conflict, another for Functionalism, and a 3rd for Symbolic Interactionalism.

2- Next write a reflection (at least 2 full pages) of what you have learned in sociology that has a practical meaning for you.

Remember: you may want a future employer or university to see this work, so do an excellent job – you will use it to show how competent you have become in sociology.

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

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: - ALL Semesters 2011 - 2012

Instructor's Name: - Dwight L Adams

Office: - South Campus Office N324A

Office Phone: - 801 957-3456 email is better

E-mail address: dwight.adams@slcc.edu
Mailbox location: - SCC (South Campus)

Consultation hours: -1 hour after class

Link for accessing online course materials: www.collegestudy.org Click on the Salt Lake Community college link on the right hand column of the page. Then choose the course that you are takng.

you can also access the textbook web link from it for the assignments

REQUIRED Textbook: (bring it to each class period)

Giddens Et. AL., Essentials of Sociology, 3rd Edition, 2011, Norton, New York.

Required Equipment:
1- "Clicker" or other electronic means to engage in class surveys, pre-tests, post-tests and the like.
2- Access to the internet to do the textbook assignments and to get some of the exams and the study guide material.

You are required to take class notes each meeting. This is an important experience for adult learners

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 Exams, a Final and SKILLS Tests throughout the semester. I drop the lowest score of the 3 Exams but never the Final Exam score. Each of the remaining 2 Exams 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:

Exam #1 (through chapter 4)
Exam #2 (through chapter 8)
Exam #3 (through chapter 12)
FINAL (through chapter 16) 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. The ePortfolio requirement is a part of the Skills Tests. These can NOT be made up after they are due.

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 Friday 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 Film on Demand with a 2+ 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 about 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


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		The Textbook Website: You have a weekly assignment (to be received by me no later than midnight each Friday) 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 Friday of the same week. (example: week 3 we do chapter 3 and by Friday of that same week the assignment #3 is due --send it by the systems 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. Do not work more than 1 week ahead. You need to stay with the class. 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.wwnorton.com/college/soc/essentials-of-sociology3/ 2- There are many things you can do, but for the assignment, do the quiz for the current chapter 3- notice a search to get to the correct textbook chapter -click on the chapter you are seeking 4- you choose how many questions to answer. For our purposes, make sure you choose at least 15. 5- Then take the multiple question test. You may use your textbook and you should do well. 6- You can repeat the quiz as needed for a perfect score. 7- You now have a screen that reports your grade and helps you see the correct answers for the 15 multilple choice questions. 8- 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). MY email address: dwight.adams@slcc.edu . DO NOT SEND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AS "ATTACHMENTS!" I will NOT open them. ------------------------------------------------- DO NOT SEND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AS "ATTACHMENTS!" I will NOT open them. ------------------------------------------------- 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 Exams 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. 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. General Education ePortfolio NEW Each student in General Education courses at SLCC will maintain a General Education ePortfolio. Instructors in every Gen Ed course will ask you to put at least one assignment from the course into your ePortfolio, and accompany it with reflective writing. It is a requirement in this class for you to add to your ePortfolio. Your ePortfolio will allow you to include your educational goals, describe your extracurricular activities, and post your resume. When you finish your time at SLCC, your ePortfolio will then be a multi-media showcase of your educational experience. For detailed information including a Student ePortfolio Handbook, video tutorials for each ePortfolio platform, classes, locations and times of free workshops and other in-person help, visit www.slcc.edu/gened/eportfolio. FOR THIS CLASS, the signature assignment for your ePortfolio is as follows: At least 2 weeks before the end of the semester, load the following into your ePortfolio and give the URL to your instructor so he may check it: 1 - Load up 3 pictures of people holding some sort of event. Add a caption to the picture stating what the picture represents using a sociological construct. You will have one for Conflict, another for Functionalism, and a 3rd for Symbolic Interactionalism. 2- Next write a reflection (at least 2 full pages) of what you have learned in sociology that has a practical meaning for you. Remember: you may want a future employer or university to see this work, so do an excellent job – you will use it to show how competent you have become in sociology. 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						The Final Exam is scheduled by the college 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: - ALL Semesters 2011 - 2012 Instructor's Name: - Dwight L Adams Office: - South Campus Office N324A Office Phone: - 801 957-3456 email is better E-mail address: dwight.adams@slcc.edu Mailbox location: - SCC (South Campus) Consultation hours: -1 hour after class Link for accessing online course materials: www.collegestudy.org Click on the Salt Lake Community college link on the right hand column of the page. Then choose the course that you are takng. you can also access the textbook web link from it for the assignments REQUIRED Textbook: (bring it to each class period) Giddens Et. AL., Essentials of Sociology, 3rd Edition, 2011, Norton, New York. Required Equipment: 1- "Clicker" or other electronic means to engage in class surveys, pre-tests, post-tests and the like. 2- Access to the internet to do the textbook assignments and to get some of the exams and the study guide material. You are required to take class notes each meeting. This is an important experience for adult learners 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 Exams, a Final and SKILLS Tests throughout the semester. I drop the lowest score of the 3 Exams but never the Final Exam score. Each of the remaining 2 Exams 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: Exam #1 (through chapter 4) Exam #2 (through chapter 8) Exam #3 (through chapter 12) FINAL (through chapter 16) 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. The ePortfolio requirement is a part of the Skills Tests. These can NOT be made up after they are due. 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 Friday 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 Film on Demand with a 2+ 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 about 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