Instructor:
Dr. Gonzalo Santos
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santos_class@csub.edu
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Classroom: DDH-G102 | Class Time: MWF 11:00 am - 12:25 pm |
Office: DDH-AA205 Office Hours: Tu. & Th., 12:30 - 2:30 pm |
Phone: 654-2191 |
Instructions on Taking Chapter Tests at CSUB's WebCT: To gain access: go to the CSUB WebCT site: click and bookmark the following URL address:If you are doing it from an off campus computer, make sure your browser is properly configured (click around WebCT support links and read how you can ensure your browser is properly configured). You will need to know your WebCT ID and password. All CSUB enrolled students have a "Runner" email account. Your WebCT ID is the same as your Runner Mail Logon ID -- that is, whatever prefix goes before the "@runner.csub.edu" domain. For example, the WebCT ID for John Smith (jsmith4@runner.csub.edu) would be jsmith4. Your initial WebCT password is the last five digits of your CSUB ID Number. Once logged on to WebCT, you will be asked to change it immediately (if you have used WebCT before you'll need to enter your old password). Choose an easy to remember, easy to type new password. We also suggest that you set up your login hint immediately - and write all these codes somewhere where you will not loose them, nor expose them to theft by others.
If you need help: If you don't know your CSUB RunnerMail Logon ID or if you've changed your password and have forgotten it, contact the Student Technology Help Desk in the library at (661) 654-2315 or the Student Help Desk at (661) 654-6677, or simply go to the Library, Lower Level Room 1, during office hours. Be
prepared!
The maximum duration for each chapter test is 60 minutes. After
each chapter deadline passes, access to each chapter test will be
closed
and no late testing will be possible. So make sure you have prepared
well, chosen a day, time & place well, and have ample time and
tranquility (with no
distractions) to begin testing; take time to read carefully
each question before you answer it - do not rush! (a common
mistake). You may take the test with the open book, but exclusively on
your own, please. Never plan to take a test in two or more
sittings; plan always to take
each test in a single session
(the computer usually freezes incomplete tests). Save your answers every time. If you change your mind on a specific answer, don't forget to save it again! And don't forget to send your quiz/test to grade when you are done (lots of students forget this last step and their scores are not computed!). Security precaution: If you are using a public computer always quit both the WebCT site and the browser (Netscape or Explorer) after you are done with testing -- otherwise, someone may access your own WebCT account and "try out" some tests! This is because your access codes stay active until you quit the browser. And remember, never share your testing access codes with anyone! A student of Dr. Santos was already suspended from the University for having stolen somebody else's tests. Cheating Warning: Students are hereby formally forewarned that anybody caught cheating on the tests will automatically fail the course. WebCT has a monitoring capability that automatically "flags" for instructors a variety of potential cheating cases and situations -- including comparing student answers, times of testing, etc.. |
Group research
project: Sometime in early February, students
will form groups of five to ten.
Each group will collectively design & organize, and
individually research & write a research
volume on a sociological topic of their choice. Each volume will
consist of individual papers organized according to some intellectual
division of labor (that is, each
student focusing on a subtopic of the overall group research topic).
Students are required to consult with Dr.
Santos no later than Feb. 15, through office
hours visits by group representatives, to seek approval of their
group's
overall topic
and their individual paper sub-topics. The completed research group
volumes
will
be due in class on the last day of classes, Monday, March 10.
Each group research volume should be bound in a three ring binder, include a title page and a table of content page listing each paper by title and author. Each individual paper should be between 4 and 5 pages long (1-inch margins, font 12), excluding the bibliography or any data appendices. For a precise guide on the paper's format and citation style, go to the following web page:
http://www.csubak.edu/~gsantos/guide-paper.htmlEach individual paper should pose a central argument, or thesis, or hypothesis, and include the following sections: an introduction identifying their subtopic; an analytical section presenting the main data, and the theoretical arguments that explains it; this section should not only be descriptive (presenting good data), but it should include theoretical and critical analysis to explain the things described; finally, a summary with your main conclusions; after that, a bibliography and any appendices. The bibliography ought to reflect a significant search on the World Wide Web, as well as consulted books and scholarly journals in the library. Appendices should include charts, graphs, and figures covering the pertinent topics - the more well selected, informational, and relevant, the better. There is no need for a group bibliography - each paper's own will suffice. Also, each paper need not be paginated with the others.
94-100 = A | 87-89 = B+ | 77-79 = C+ | 65-69 = D |
90-93 = A- | 84-86 = B | 74-76 = C | < 65 = F |
80-83 = B- | 70-73 = C- |
Schedule
of
Reading Assignments
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
Jan. 2 INTRODUCTION TO CLASS |
Jan. 4 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 1. Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World TEST
DUE BEFORE MIDNIGHT JAN. 13
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Jan. 7 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 1. Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World (Click) TEST
DUE BEFORE MIDNIGHT JAN. 13
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Jan. 9 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 2. Examining the Social World: How Do We Know? (Click) |
Jan. 11 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 2. Examining the Social World: How Do We Know? |
Jan. 14 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 3. Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of the Social World |
Jan. 16 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 3. Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of the Social World |
Jan. 18 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 3. Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of the Social World (Click) |
Jan. 21 HOLIDAY
- NO CLASS
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Jan. 23 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 4. Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane (Click) |
Jan. 25 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 4. Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane |
Jan. 28 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 5. Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections that Work |
Jan. 30 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 5. Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections that Work (Click) |
Feb. 1 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 6. Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Perverts, Freaks, and People Like Us (Click) |
Feb. 4 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 7. Stratification: Rich and Famous or Rags and Famine? |
Feb. 6 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 7. Stratification: Rich and Famous or Rags and Famine? |
Feb. 8 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 7. Stratification: Rich and Famous or Rags and Famine? (Click) |
Feb. 11 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 8. Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond "We" and "They" |
Feb. 13 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 8. Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond "We" and "They" |
Feb. 15 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 8. Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond "We" and "They" (Click) |
Feb. 18 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 9. Gender Stratification: (S)he...Who Goes First? |
Feb. 20 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 9. Gender Stratification: (S)he...Who Goes First? (Click) |
Feb. 22 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 10. Family: Partner-Taking, People-Making, and Contract-Breaking |
Feb. 25 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 11. Education: What are We Learning? |
Feb. 27 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 11. Education: What are We Learning? (Click) |
Feb. 29 OUR
SOCIAL WORLD
12. Religion: Meaning Matters (Click) |
Mar. 3 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 13. Medicine: An Anatomy of Health and Illness (Click) |
Mar. 5 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 14. Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth (Click) |
Mar. 7 OUR SOCIAL WORLD 14. Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth |
Mar. 10 RESEARCH
PROJECTS
DUE IN CLASS TODAY
TESTS
FOR CHAPTERS 13 & 14 ARE DUE BEFORE
MIDNIGHT
MARCH 13
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REMEMBER: 1. Each
chapter tests
(except for chapters 1, 13, & 14) must be taken before Sunday midnight of the week
the chapter is assigned. Each chapter test may be taken twice,
in which case the grade will be the average of the two scores.
2. All group research projects are due in class on the last day of classes, Monday, March 10. |