COURSE:                   Sociology 1001

TITLE:                        Analyzing Society

TERM:                       Maymester, 2006

LECTURES:               M-F 9:00-12:15  (Hellems 237)

INSTRUCTOR:                     Eric Primm

OFFICE:                                 Ketchum 11A

OFFICE PHONE:                  303-492-8838

HOME PHONE:                    303-444-8381 (Please DO NOT Call After 9:00 PM).

EMAIL ADDRESS:              primm@colorado.edu  (NOTE: I do not have internet access at home and I only check email once or twice a day when I am on campus.  The best way to contact me is by phone).

OFFICE HOURS:                  By appointment, but I will be in my office each weekday from 8:00 until 8:40. Additionally, I will be available after class each day.

REQUIRED TEXT:               Kendall, Diana.  5^th Edition. Sociology in Our Times.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

COURSE GRADES:

Course grades will be determined on the basis of your average score from three exams.  Each exam accounts for 1/3 of your final course grade.

Exams: There will be three exams.  The exams must be taken on the day, at the time, and in the place (HLMS 237) that they are scheduled.  Exams cannot be taken early or late.  Exams will consist of 50 multiple choice and/or True/False questions and will consist only of the required textbook readings and lectures (25 questions from each) for the section of the course they cover.

REQUIRED READING AND RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE:

Date

5/15                 Perspective and Methods  (Ch. 1 & 2)

5/16                 Culture  (Ch. 3)

5/17                 Socialization  (Ch. 4)

5/18                 Interaction and Groups/Organizations  (Ch. 5 & 6)

5/19                 EXAM  1  ON  FRI. 5/19,  9:00-12:15  IN  HELLEMS 237

5/22                 Deviance and Crime  (Ch. 7)

5/23                 Stratification/Class (Ch. 8 & 9)

5/24                 Race/Ethnicity (Ch. 10)

5/25                 Sex & Gender and Aging (Ch. 11 & 12)

5/26                 EXAM  2  ON  FRI. 5/26, 9:00-12:15  IN  HELLEMS 237

5/29                 Religion (Ch. 17)

5/30                 Economics and Politics (Ch.13 & 14)

5/31                 Family and Education (Ch.15 & 16)

6/1                   Population/Urbanization and Collective Behavior/Social Change (Ch.19 & 20)

6/2                   EXAM  3  ON FRI.  6/2, 9:00-12:15 IN  HELLEMS 237

NOTES:

            –Lectures may or may not follow the topics in the readings.

            –Not all reading topics will be covered in the lectures.

            –Lectures may go into greater/lesser depth on topics than readings.

            –Chapter 18 in the text has not been assigned.

            –The final exam counts 1/3 more for each midterm exam missed.

–Students are responsible for all the information in this syllabus AS WELL AS all information and announcements made in lecture, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ATTEND LECTURE.  If you miss lectures, please arrange with another student to acquire missed notes and announcements.