Download Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials

WELCOME TO SS144-03
INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY
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Seminar 1
GETTING TO KNOW ME
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Specific Course Expectations
Your Grade Comes From 3 Main Areas
Discussion Board
•Concept Checks/Projects
•Seminars
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Specific Course Expectations
The Discussion Board
Worth 40 Points Per Week
•Full Credit = 1 original post (150 words
minimum and 2 responses to a peer (80
words each minimum
•Original post made by Friday to receive
full credit
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Specific Course Expectations
Seminar Requirements
Worth 5 Points Per Week
•Full Credit in Seminar = participation
•Full Credit Alternate Seminar = Meeting
content and length expectations as
directed under each unit heading
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Specific Course Expectations
Writing Assignments
Concept Checks Worth 30 Points Each
•Projects Worth 100, 140, or 175 Points
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Specific Course Expectations
Late Policies
Assignment
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Accepted
Penalty
Discussion Board Posts (1-8)*
Up to 3 Units/End of Unit 8 (whichever comes first) 5 points per unit late
Alternate Seminar Posts (1-8)*
Up to 3 Units/End of Unit 8 (whichever comes
1 point per unit late
first)
Project (1-8)
Up to 3 Units/End of Unit 8 (whichever comes
10% per unit late
first)
Unit 9 Project
Saturday of Unit 10
10% off automatically
KIT
Notify Me When
•Submitting
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Late Work
•Requesting Extensions
•Seeking Clarification
•Other
Chapter 1
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The Sociological Perspective
and Research Methods
Have you ever wondered…
About the structure and organization of society?
 How all the “pieces” of society fit together?
 What makes society “function”? What causes it to
be “dysfunctional”?
 How people are influenced by factors in their
social environment including their family, the
media as well as educational, political and
economic institutions etc.?
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Sociology Students…
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Explore these questions everyday in an attempt
to understand “why people do the things they do”
within the structure of a particular society from a
sociological perspective.
Welcome to an elite group of scholars.
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The “So What and Who Cares” Factor
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Sociologists study what has happened, what
patterns can be observed and what social factors
may have contributed to the existing social
condition.
The discipline of Sociology also studies who cares
and who is affected by the social condition right
now.
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Importance of a Global Sociological
Imagination
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The future of our nation is intertwined with the
future of other nations on economic, political,
environmental, and humanitarian levels.
Understanding diversity and developing
tolerance for people who are different from us is
important for our personal, social, and economic
well-being.
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The Time Has Come To Part Ways
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See You Next
Week!!