SOCY 1001: Introduction to Sociology -
Recitation Syllabus - Spring 2006
This syllabus should be referred to in tandem with Glenda’s
course syllabus.
You are responsible for
all material concerning class policies, objectives, and evaluation criteria
found in Glenda’s syllabus.
Teaching Assistant: Marshall Smith
My Office: Ketchum
310
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 4:00-6:00,
Ketchum 310 and by request
My Email: Marshall.Smith@Colorado.edu
Recitation Times/Locations:
103 W 11:00 – 11:50 KTCH 119 104 W
12:00 – 12:50 HLMS 247
117 W 1:00 – 1:50 EDUC
143 120 W
3:00 – 3:50 KTCH 301
Overview: The recitation section is designed to supplement
the SOCY 1001 lecture material and to provide a venue to discuss and explore
material from the lectures and assigned readings.
Grading: Recitation is an integral
part of this course as it is the primary place for small group discussion of
the lecture and reading material.
Regular attendance is required, since it is vital to your success in
this course.
Throughout the semester, you will
take 3 quizzes on
Six exploriments are due in lecture
during the course of the semester worth 5 points each. You may turn in up to
eight and I will retain the highest six grades.
In addition, you will write a 5-7
page paper, worth 100 points, which will be graded by the TA and explained and
discussed during recitation at a later date. There will be no extra credit
given. If you wish to do well in this
class: attend both the lecture and your recitation without fail, take thorough
notes at both, and complete all assigned readings. This will be very helpful in
preparing you for the exams and will ensure your success in the course.
Test One
65 Recitation 50
Test Two
85 Learning Journal 50
Final Exam 100 Academic Paper 100
Total 450
pts
Tentative
Schedule of Topics and Assigned
Exploriments should be completed and must be
turned in at lecture on Thursday of that week.
CR: Course Reader-The Practical Skeptic by Lisa McIntyre
ER:
Electronic Reserve – Available here: http://libraries.colorado.edu/screens/coursereserves.html
Text: Sociology:
A Global Perspective by Joan Ferrante
Week One: Introduction
- Course Expectations and the Sociological Imagination
Exploriment - Ice breaker observation
Week Two: Perspective,
Theory, and Methods
Exploriment - Nothing personal… and
Learning Journal#1 1-3 of your own course
objectives
Week Three: Social
Construction of Reality through Interaction
Exploriment - “Whaddayamean?”
Week Four: Socialization
Exploriment- Noticing your “training”
Week Five: Culture
Exploriment - “How Uncivilized!”
Week Six: Tuesday wrap up for test one
Thursday,
October 5-Test One (bring a #2 pencil)
Week Seven: Deviance and Social Control
Reading
- Text chapter 7 and ER: Nestle - “My Mother Liked…”
Exploriment - Breeching
Week Eight: Stratification
- RCG
Reading
-Text chapter 8, 9, and CR: Ehrenreich - “Nickel and Dimed”
Exploriment - Privilege Line
Week Nine: Stratification
- RCG
Reading
- Text chapter 10 and CR: Feagin - “Racism” and
Fugh-Berman
- “Tales out of Med School”
Exploriment - What makes a (wo)man?
LJ#2 Mid-semester anon eval due in
recitation this week
Week Eleven: Social Organization(s) may be an
oxymoron
Reading
- Text chapter 6 and CR: Scmid and Johnes - “Suspended Identity…”
Exploriment - “You can’t fight city hall…or
can you?”
Week Twelve: Econ and Politics
Reading
- Text chapter 11 and ER: Silverstein - “Millions for Viagra…”
Academic
Paper Due Thursday, November 16 by 11am in lecture
Reading
- Text chptr 14, 15 and ER: Billingsley and Caldwell - “The Church, The Family, and the
School in the African-American Community”
Exploriment- Thanksgiving with the Smiths
Week 14: Family,
Aging and the inevitability of Social Change
Reading
- Text chapter 12, 13 and ER: Ritzer - “The McDondalization…”
Week 15: Social
Transformation and tying it all together
Reading
– Text chapter 16 and ER: Justice
Exploriment - Vision and Action
LJ#3 - Final Course
Evaluation (10pts)