Sociology 101- Introductory Sociology

Section #20307    Time - 8:35:00 am/10:00 am    Room #208

Section #20308    Time - 10:15 am/11:40 am       Room #208

                                                     Prof. Gary Rodgers

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Course Description:

An introductory course to the study of society.  Major ideas, concepts, and methods in the study of society to include culture, social structure, social stratification, deviance and social control, social change, and marriage in the family.

Course Objectives:

    1.    You as a student will view Sociology as a science that approaches the study of human behavior in a systematic manner.

    2.    To acquaint you with the components of culture and their impact on human behavior and the socialization process.

    3.    To provide you with the opportunity to identify the causes and processes of deviant behavior and the mechanisms of social control.

Unit Value:

Three (3) units

Required Textbook:

Doob, Christopher. Sociology: An Introduction.  Sixth Edition, New York, Harcourt Press, 2000.

Evaluation Method:

Your grade in this course is based on the accumulation of percentage points generated from the following:

    1.    Quiz Average                                                 33%   (of total grade)

    2.    Mid-Term Examination                                   33%   (of total grade)

    3.    Final Examination                                           33%   (of total grade)

* Note that Internet assignments may be counted as Quiz grades.

Grades will be based on the following percentages:

    90 - 100%  - A

    80 -  89%   - B

    70 -  79%   - C

    60 -  69%   - D

    00 -  59%   - F

*Students should be advised that  make-up test will not be given for missed chapter quizzes.  In determining a student’s overall quiz average, the final examination grade will be used as the percentage score for each missed quiz.  This method will be used for a maximum of two missed chapter quizzes.  For each additional missed quiz, a zero, (percentage points), will be utilized in determining the quiz average.

Attendance:

The IVC General Catalog states:

    "Regular attendance in all classes is expected of all students enrolled.  Instructors are expected to take a student’s attendance record into account in computing grades.  A student may be excluded from further attendance in a class during any semester when absences after the close of registration have exceeded the number of class hours which the class meets per week."

This policy will be taken into consideration during the semester concerning a student’s continued participation in the class.

Disabled Student Programs and Services:

Any student with a documented disability who may need educational accommodations should notify the instructor or the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSP&S) office as soon as possible. Located in the Health Science Building, #2117, or by calling (760) 355-6312.                                                            

Tentative Assignment & Test Schedule:  (Subject to change)                                                

Spring Session

Week 1.    Intro., key concepts                                    Week 9.     Ch.6  - Deviance

Week 2.    Ch. 1 - Social World, quiz                            Week 10.   Ch. 7  - Social Stratification

Week 3.    Ch. 2 - Research, quiz                                 Week 11.   Ch. 7  - Social Stratification

Week 4.    Ch. 3 - Culture                                            Week 12.   Ch.8   - Race & Ethnic Relations

Week 5.    Ch. 3 - Culture, quiz                                    Week 13.   Ch.8   - Race & Ethnic Relat.

Week 6.    Ch. 4 - Groups, quiz                                    Week 14.   Ch.11 - Family, quiz

Week 7.    Ch. 5 - Soc. Interact.,quiz                            Week 15.   Ch.15 - Population/Environ.

Week 8.    Mid-Term Examination                                 Week 16.     Final Examination

*Please note that dates of chapter quizzes and on-line internet assignments will be announced in class. 

ebruary 6:    Chap.15 -Population / Environment

February 7:    Final Examination

February 3:    Chap.  8 - In lieu of class meeting, on-line lecture and internet assignment*

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