INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

SYLLABUS

SUMMER 2007 David H. Ridgway

SOC 101/003 CRN 40172 Professor

TR – 11AM – 12:20PM dhr24@drexel.edu

258 CURTIS

REQUIRED TEXT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 9th Edition

Henry L. Tischler, 2007, Thompson/Wadsworth

ISBN: 0-495-09334-3 Publishing

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

A+ 97-100, A 93-96, A- 90-92, B+ 87-89, B 83-86,

B- 80-82, C+ 77-79 C 73-76, C- 70-72, D+ 67-69, D 60-66

F 59 & BELOW

ATTENDANCE AND Students are required to attend class regularly, as grade

UNIVERSITY POLICY evaluations are made on a daily basis. You can’t participate

if you don’t 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 class format the schedule of study is developed in class.

The syllabus therefore is subject to change in order to meet

these needs. Your grade is negatively impacted 10 points for

every absence past four. You could fail with 8 absences. You

can’t earn an A+ if you don’t come to class and substantially

participate. I will add 1 point to your final average if you are

within a point of the next highest letter grade, for students with less

than 4 absences. I reserve the option to test if participation falls off.