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College Sociology

Soc 1101 3 credits

Grade - Total points l  Test/quiz l  Daily work- l  Acts of kindness (6), Papers (3), l  Individual group projects, l  Attendance l  Participation in class l  Tuesdays with Morrie

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Late Policy l  Docked 10% for each school day late l  College class, you don’t miss test or

face late policy penalties. l  All test must be made up ahead of time l  Sports/activities- miss class, responsible

for assignments and work handed in before unless other arrangements are made.

Grades

 A = 100-93%  A- = 92-90%  B+ = 89- 87%  B = 86-84%  B- = 83-80%  C+ = 79-77%  C = 76-74%  C- = 73-70%  D- = 60%

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Chapters Covered

¤ Unit 1 Foundations of Sociology £ Chapter 1 Sociological Perspective £ Chapter 5 How Sociologist do research

¤ Unit 2 Social Groups and Social Control £ Chapter 2 Culture £ Chapter 3 Socialization £ Chapter 6 Societies to Social Networks £ Chapter 8 Deviance & Social Control

Chapters Covered

¤ Unit 3 Social Inequality £ Chapter 9 Global Stratification £ Chapter 10 Social Class £ Chapter 11 Sex and Gender £ Chapter 12 Race and Ethnicity £ Chapter 13 The Elderly

¤ Unit 4 Social Institutions £ Chapter 16 The Family

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Projects

§  Teacher grade for Outline & paper 30 pts. §  Can earn participation points each time. §  Organization and flow 10 §  Content (info, knowledge) 15 §  Communication Skills 5 §  Video effectiveness/relevance 5 §  Audience interaction/involvement 10

§  45 points 75 total points

Topics §  Structure & Social

Interaction (Chapter 4)!§  Bureaucracy & Formal

Organization (Chapter 7) !§  Economy (Chapter 14) !§  Inequality (Ch 14)!§  U.S. Political (Chapter 15)

System!§  Politics (Ch 15)!§  Education (Ch 17)!§  Chapter 18 Religion!§  Medicine & Health (Ch 19)!§  Populatin & Urbanization

(Ch 20)!

!§  Collective Behavior & Social

Movements (Ch 21)!§  Social Change & the

Environment (Ch 22)!

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Topics §  Designer Babies!§  Capital Punishment!§  Binge Drinking!§  Euthanasia!§  Hate crimes!§  Stalking!§  Immigration!§  ChilHazing!§  School Violence!§  Disabilities!§  Technology!§  Food!§  Mass media/social

networking!

§  Partners Date Topic §  2/6/15, *2/12/15, 2/20/15, 2/27/15, 3/6/15,

3/13/15, 3/20/15, 3/27/15, *4/2/15, 4/10/15, 4/17/15, 4/23/15???

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Act of Kindness

l 6 Acts of kindness due 2nd quarter 10 points

l Act must be tied into a chapter (pg #)

l Summary of act and how it ties into sociology must be a page in length.

l 6 acts must amount to 6 hours of time.

Tuesdays with Morrie

1.  6 Tuesdays 2.  Discussion/Participation 3.  Reaction Article 4.  Final paper

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Portfolio 1.  Table of Contents (both quarters) 2.  Organization (section, units tabbed) 3.  Information sheets and other lecture

materials handed out 4.  Course outline 5.  Papers (3) 6.  Chapters 7.  Presentations 8.  Notes 9.  Tuesdays with Morrie

Videos for extra credit »  Nell (Chapter 3) »  Good will Hunting (Chapter 10) »  October Sky (Chapter 10) »  Bucket List (Chapter 13)