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Course Contents

Course Learning Objectives

Course Text & Topics

Course Requirements and Evaluation

Course Schedule & Exams

Instructor

Divisional Goal Statement

Ethics, Plagiarizing, & Cheating

Netiquette

Access Statement for Students with Disabilities

Withdrawal from the Course

Workforce Development

 

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

SOCI - 1101 , CRN: 80975

Fall 2009

17 August - 4 December 2009

This is a Hybrid-online class that will meet only twice every about three weeks (for pre-exam sessions and in-class exams)

On: Thursdays

Time: 8:00 - 9:15 am

Room: LIA 111

Hybrid-Online Course

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Course Schedule & Exams

 

Instructor's Dalton Office Hours: 11:00 - 1:00, On Tuesday

 

Instructor's Gilmer Office Hours: 10:45 - 11:45, On Monday & Wednesday

                                                 

Other times by appointment:

 

Dr. Hassan El-Najjar DSC email address is: helnajjar@daltonstate.edu

 

 

EXAM DATES & TIMES

 

The first four in-class exams are to be taken on Thursdays, on the same dates mentioned below, at 8:00-9:15 am, in LIA. The fifth (final) exam date and place will be announced by DSC later.

 

Chapter Online Tests are clearly announced in terms of dates, times, and deadlines on Vista. 

 

MAKE-UP EXAMS

 

Make-up exams can be requested for extremely difficult circumstances. If an exam is justifiably missed (e.g. physical injury or death in the family), a student may ask for a make-up exam to be scheduled as soon as possible. This does not apply to the last in-class exam or to online tests.

A TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE 

 

WEEK -- DATES -- CHAPTERS - SUBJECTS

1. 8/17 – 8/21          1    The Sociological Perspective

2. 8/24 - 8/28           1 & 2   Culture

3. 8/31  - 9/4            2    Culture            (Labor Day Holiday, Monday, September7, 2009) 

4. 9/07  - 9/11          3    Socialization   (1st Pre-Exam Session: Attendance Optional)

EXAM I: (CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3), Thursday 9/17

5. 9/14 - 9/18            4     Social Structure

6. 9/21 - 9/25            5     Sociological Research Methods

7. 9/28 - 10/2            6     Social Networks   (2nd Pre-Exam Session: Attendance Optional)

EXAM II: (CHAPTER 4, 5, 6), Thursday 10/8

8. 10/05 - 10/9          8    Deviance  

9. 10/12 - 10/16        9    Global Stratification

10. 10/19 - 10/23     10    Social Class in the US  (3rd Pre-Exam Session: Attendance Optional)

EXAM III: (CHAPTER 8, 9, 10), Thursday 10/29

Mid of the Semester: Tuesday, October 26, 2009 (Withdrawing without Evaluation)

11. 10/26  - 10/30     11    Sex and Gender

12. 11/02  - 11/06     11 & 12    Race and Ethnicity

13. 11/09  - 11/13     12    Race and Ethnicity   (4th Pre-Exam Session: Attendance Optional)

EXAM IV: (CHAPTERS 11, 12), Thursday 11/19

14. 11/16 - 11/20      14    The Economy

15. 11/23 - 11/27      14 & 15     Politics  

16. 11/30- 12/04       15     Politics  

(5th Pre-Exam Session: Attendance Optional)

Last Day of Classes for the A Session: December 4, 2009

EXAM V (CHAPTERS 14-15): Thursday, December 10, 2009.