INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

SYLLABUS

 

 

Fall 2006                                            David H. Ridgway

SOC 101/011                                                     Auxiliary Professor

TR, 2-3:20PM                                                    dhr24@drexel.edu

           

                                                                                             

 

                                                                                               

REQUIRED TEXT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 8th Edition

            Henry L. Tischler, 2004, Harcourt Brace Press

                                   

 

OBJECTIVES: This course introduces sociology to the student as a

                                    method of scientific research into the social interaction

                                    of human beings. Topics such as education, politics,

                                    religion, marriage, social structure, research methods,

                                    and culture, will be examined. Focus will be on

                                    sociological methods and concepts as tools for under-

                                    standing human arrangements.

 

 

METHODS: This lecture and student-participation course will provide

                                    students ample classroom discussion for the free-flowing

            of ideas and concepts based on topics contained in the

                                                text and elsewhere. This format will enable and empower

                                                students to apply knowledge gained to the ≥real world≤.

                                                Students will be required to lead classroom discussion

                                                in assigned topics, and actively participate in those

                                                discussions.

 

 

EVALUATION         Performance will be evaluated as follows:

CRITERIA

                                                Presentation of assigned topics . . . . . . . . . . . 1/4

                                                Classroom Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2

                                                Written personal project (s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/4

 

ATTENDANCE AND Students are required to attend class regularly, as grade UNIVERSITY POLICY evaluations are made on a daily basis. You canπt

participate if you donπt come to class. In addition, University policy will be strictly followed when acts of cheating or academic dishonesty are discovered.

 

 

SCHEDULE OF STUDY: Due to the format in which this class is presented, the schedule

                                                of study will be developed in class. In addition, the syllabus

                                                is subject to change from time to time in order to meet and

                                    address situations as they occur. Your grade is affected if you

exceed 4 absences. You cannot obtain an ≥A≤ if your donπt

                                                  come to class and substantially participate in discussions. You

could fail with 8 absences.