1Sociology 1010-002, Introduction to Sociology, Spring Semester, 2012 T & H, 10:45 AM – 12:05 PM (please arrive before class begins), FMAB AUD *** IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CAREFULLY READ THE SYLLABUS AND TO FOLLOW THE CLASS POLICIES, RULES, AND SCHEDULE. IT IS LIKLEY THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COURSE ARE ANSWERED BY THIS MATERIAL. THIS IS A VERY LARGE CLASS AND THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE COURSE’S GUIDELINES, EXPECTATIONS, TEST DATES, AND DUE DATES FOR ASSIGNMENTS. HOWEVER, PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT ANSWERED BELOW. *** Instructor: Dr. Andrew K. Jorgenson, PhD Email: FOR THIS COURSE I PREFER THAT YOU EMAIL ME THROUGH WEB CT Office Location: BEH S 404 Office Phone: (801) 581-8093 (NO VOICEMAIL) Office Hours: TBA Graduate Teaching Assistant: • David Fields Email: [email protected] Office Location: BEH S 417 Office Hours: TBA Required Text (paperback version available at the campus bookstore) • Sociology (13th Edition – older edition is NOT OK), authored by John Macionis. Prentice Hall. Course Summary The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students at an introductory level with the field of sociology. Students will be introduced to several common sociological theories, introductory social science research methods, and various areas of substantive interest in the discipline. THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE. WE COVER MANY TOPICS, BUT WITH LIMITED DEPTH. Course Requirements and Grading You are expected to keep up with the assigned readings, attend class regularly, take detailed notes, and participate in classroom discussions. There will be a total of four multiple choice exams [50 questions each] and a series of five short out-of-class assignments. The exams will deal with the assigned readings, lectures, class discussions, and in-class films. Exam study guides will be provided on WEB CT. The study guides will provide practice questions based on the assigned readings, but not the additional in-class materials. Forty of the fifty questions on each exam will be based on the assigned readings and come from the study guides. The remaining ten questions will be based upon additional lecture material, in-class films, and so on. Thus, to earn an A or high B on the exams you must attend class on a regular basis. Given the size of the course—i.e., how many students, I must give multiple choice exams. This is not my preference, and I recognize some of you feel the same! The short assignments are explained in detail below the course schedule. To “encourage” attendance, we will take roll on a random basis, and attendance will be considered in situations of “borderline” final grades. THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR EXAMS [EXCEPT FOR DOCUMENTED EMERGENCIES] AND THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS ON DUE DATES FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS.2For ease of tracking your progress in the course, we will use the following simple grading system: Exam 1 50 possible points Exam 2 50 possible points Exam 3 50 possible points Exam 4 50 possible points Assignments 10 possible points each [5 total] 250 total possible points For final letter grades, convert your accumulated points into a percentage and use the following breakdown: A: 93-100%, 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: 63-66%, D-: 60-62%, F: 0-59% STUDENTS RECEIVE THE FINAL GRADE THAT THEY EARN—PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, “HAGGLING” WOULD BE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME AND MY TIME AS WELL. ***FROM THE DATE THAT A GRADE FOR AN ASSIGNMENT OR TEST IS POSTED (WE WILL INFORM YOU IN CLASS WHEN SCORES HAVE BEEN POSTED), STUDENTS HAVE 1 WEEK [7 DAYS!] TO MAKE INQUIRIES (E.G., “IS THE POSTED SCORE CORRECT?”, “I DON’T SEE A SCORE FOR MY ASSIGNMENT BUT I THINK I TURNED IT IN.”). INQUIRIES AFTER 1 WEEK WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.*** Class Policies and Student Responsibilities Students and faculty at the University of Utah are obligated to behave in accordance with the ordinances of the University. The Student Code (or Students’ Rights and Responsibilities) is located on the Web at: http://www.admin.utah.edu/ppmanual/8/8-10.html You are encouraged to review this document. All of the rights and responsibilities applicable to both the student and the faculty member will be observed during the semester. Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Academic misconduct, including plagiarism, is a serious offense. The following regarding academic integrity and plagiarism is taken from the University of Utah’s Student Code: “Academic misconduct” includes, but is not limited to, cheating, misrepresenting one's work, inappropriately collaborating, plagiarism, and fabrication or falsification of information, as defined further below. It also includes facilitating academic misconduct by intentionally helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of academic misconduct. a. “Cheating” involves the unauthorized possession or use of information, materials, notes, study aids, or other devices in any academic exercise, or the unauthorized communication with another person during such an exercise. Common examples of cheating include, but are not limited to, copying from another student's examination, submitting work for an in-class exam that has been prepared in advance, violating rules governing the administration of exams, having another person take an exam, altering one's work after the work has been returned and before resubmitting it, or violating any rules relating to academic conduct of a course or program. b. Misrepresenting one's work includes, but is not limited to, representing material prepared by another as one's own work, or submitting the same work in more than one course without prior permission of both faculty members. c. “Plagiarism” means the intentional unacknowledged use or incorporation of any other person's work in, or as a basis for, one's own work offered for academic consideration or credit or for public presentation.3Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, representing as one's own, without attribution, any other individual’s words, phrasing, ideas, sequence of ideas, information or any other mode or content of expression. The Student Code states that academic misconduct can be sanctioned in the following ways: “Academic sanction”