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WELCOME TO SS144-03INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY

Seminar 11

GETTING TO KNOW ME

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Specific Course Expectations

• Discussion Board•Concept Checks/Projects

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Your Grade Comes From 3 Main Areas

Specific Course Expectations

• 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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The Discussion Board

Specific Course Expectations

• 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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Seminar Requirements

Specific Course Expectations

• Concept Checks Worth 30 Points Each•Projects Worth 100, 140, or 175 Points

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Writing Assignments

Specific Course Expectations

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Late Policies

Assignment 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 first)

1 point per unit late

 Project (1-8)Up to 3 Units/End of Unit 8 (whichever comes first)

10% per unit late

Unit 9 Project Saturday of Unit 10 10% off automatically

KIT

•Submitting Late Work•Requesting Extensions•Seeking Clarification•Other

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Chapter 1

The Sociological Perspective and Research Methods

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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.?

Have you ever wondered…

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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.

Sociology Students…

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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.

The “So What and Who Cares” Factor

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Importance of a Global Sociological Imagination 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!!