Sociology Southwest College

Sociology Southwest College SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology Course: Sociology 1301 CRN: 56138, 57340 Semester Credit Hours: 3 hour lecture course 48 hours per semester 8 weeks Delivery Method: Lecture Online Only Instructor: Ruth Dunn Required Textbooks: Introduction to Sociology: Second Edition by George Ritzer: ISBN: 978-1-4833-0294-2. Sage Publications: 2015 Contemporary Readings in Sociology by Kathleen Odell Korgen: ISBN: 13; 978-1-4129-1. Pine Ford Press (An imprint of Sage Publications): 2008. These are the books that you must have for this course. Do NOT let the bookstore try to sell you any other books! If they do, please contact me immediately. Thank you! Student Course Materials and Instructions: All student course material, (with the exception of the required textbooks which must be purchased) Learning Objectives, Lecture Notes, Audio Lectures, and ALL Instructions for ALL Gradable Activities/Assignments for this course will be found in Eagle Online (EO) Topics sections The Topics and the Activities blocks are the primary course resources that will help you succeed in SOCI 1301. All of the instructions you will need to complete any Gradable Activities/Assignments will be found in Eagle Online (EO). You MUST have your required textbooks before the first week of class! Special Information for Short Terms (3, 5, 8, and 10 Week Semesters) There is an enormous amount of reading and writing in a Short Term. If you can t keep up, DROP NOW! You don t have any time to wait for your books, go out of town, be hospitalized, be in jail, be away from constant, reliable computer and Internet access that allows you to login to EO so that you can check your mail, your grades, post to forums, read other students postings, submit and retrieve assignments or do anything frivolous or even serious. If this grade matters, you will do all of the work on time; if the grade doesn t matter, don t bother, WITHDRAW NOW! 3 Week Course Each Day=1 Week 5 Week Course Each Day=78% of a Week 8 Week Course Each Week=2 Weeks 10 Week Couse Each Week=63% of a Week Information and Course Access: This is an online only class. That means that we will never meet, however, everything you need for this course except the textbooks, which must be purchased is in Eagle Online (EO). We will be using a computerized Teaching/Learning platform called Eagle Online (or EO for short) for our learning experience. I will be available to help you, but the best way to learn how to use EO is to go to the Homepage and start clicking on these links and: Everything you need for this course except the textbooks, which must be purchased is in Eagle Online (EO). We will be using a computerized Teaching/Learning platform called Eagle Online (or EO for short) for our learning experience. I will be available to help you, but the best way to learn how to use EO is to go to the Homepage and start clicking on these links and: Reading the Following On the First Day You Have Access to Eagle Online (EO) You will have to scroll down to see everything: Day 1: Start Here! Find Your Syllabus and Other ESSENTIAL Course Information Day 1: How Do I? What Am I? Where Do I? Click Here for Important Information about Using Eagle Online Day 1: Helping Each Other: Use this forum to help each other and to ask questions of each other and to ask Professor Dunn for help Day 1: How Do I "Learn" Sociology?: Learning Objectives Summer 8 Weeks DE 2015 Ruth Dunn, Instructor Page 1 of 14

Day 1: How Do We "Do" Sociology? The Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement that is in your syllabus START in Eagle Online (EO) Extra Credit Forums (EC1-EC3) GET Your Books! You MUST have both textbooks before the first week of class Read the Following On the First Day You Have Access to Eagle Online (EO) You will have to scroll down to see everything: READ in Eagle Online (EO) Syllabus READ in Eagle Online (EO) How to Post, What to Post, When to Post to the Forums, Opening Dates, Closing Dates, and Grading Summer 2015 READ in Eagle Online (EO) Instructions for Doing Sociology (DS1-DS4) for Hybrid-Only Classes: How to Post, What to Post, When to Post to the Forums, Opening Dates, Closing Dates, and Grading Spring 2015 READ in Eagle Online (EO) Example of DS# Forums START in Eagle Online (EO) Working on Extra Credit Forums (EC1-EC3) START in Your Textbooks and EO (if available) the Required Readings in Ritzer, Korgen, and EO REQUIRED READINGS: The readings are the same for the Doing Sociology (DS1-DS4) Forums and the Answers to the Required Questions (Q1-Q4) Assignments BEGIN in Your Textbooks and EO (if available) Readings in Ritzer, Korgen, and EO for DS1 and Q1 DECIDE from EO (if available) and Your Textbooks What you are going to do for DS1 FIND in Your Textbooks & EO (if available) The questions and answers for the Answers to the Required Questions (Q1-Q4) Assignments o o o o I recommend that you check twice daily your EO Quick Mail so that you can keep up with any new information from me. I hope you will enjoy this class. Your HCC Eagle ID is your log-in to most of your student services, and is the user ID or W-number you were issued upon admission and the password you created for your HCC email account. Your Eagle ID is your log-in to the Student System, Eagle Online, Ask Online tutoring services, HCC email, campus computers and campus printers. All these services use the same user name and password and that s your Eagle ID. For more information about your HCC Eagle ID go to http://www.hccs.edu/eagleid/. Either on or after the official starting date of your class: 1. Go to the HCC-Southwest College Homepage at http://southwest.hccs.edu/ 2. At the top of the screen, In the black bar it reads Student Sign-Ins (http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-sign-ins/ 3. Click on Eagle Online Login: EO.hccs.edu. 4. Your HCC Eagle ID is your log-in to most of your student services, and is the user ID or W-number you were issued upon admission and the password you created for your HCC email account. Your Eagle ID is your log-in to the Student System, Eagle Online, Ask Online tutoring services, HCC email, campus computers and campus printers. All these services use the same user name and password and that s your Eagle ID. For more information about your HCC Eagle ID go to http://www.hccs.edu/eagleid/. You will need continuous, constant, reliable computer and Internet access that allows you to login to EO so that you can check your mail, look at your grades, post to forums, read other students postings, and submit and retrieve assignments and forums. You will also need continuous, constant, reliable computer and Internet access to Firefox, and Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to do well in this course. All student course material is in EO. If you don t have Internet and computer access on a continuous, constant, reliable basis, you need to do a course swap to a Sociology course that is not Online Only or one that does not have a major online component. Other supplemental material may be found by clicking here to open the HCC Learning Web. For more information, I urge you to click on the link and read Student Success Skills for the Social Sciences; this document will give you extra help with this course. For greater success in your online, hybrid, or web-enhanced courses, please click here for: Successful Students On-Line. You will also need Java which may be downloaded free by clicking on this link. When you complete an EO session, be sure to log out. Summer 8 Weeks DE 2015 Ruth Dunn, Instructor Page 2 of 14

Contact Information: Phone: 281-655-5954 (home) Eagle Online Quick Mail is the BEST way to reach me Eagle Online Quick Mail is the BEST way to reach me! All messages left on my home phone transfer to my mobile. If you call, leave a message. I will respond as quickly as possible. My mobile phone goes on when I wake up and goes off about 7:00 PM week nights; anything you send to me will roll over to my cell phone as do any messages left on my home phone. DO NOT USE my HCC e-mail, I will NOT respond. Please, DO NOT contact me from Friday at 5:00 PM until Sunday at 12:00 Noon. If you send me an EO Quick Mail during that time, I will not read it, but I will delete it. You need to respect the fact that I am not on duty 24/7. I love teaching, but I need my private, personal time, just as you need yours. The best times to reach me at home are: MTWRF from 12:00 PM-04:00 PM Instructor s Schedule Summer 2015 Day Time Campus Site Location CRN I Do NOT Keep Office Hours During the Summer Eagle Online Student User ID and Login Information: o Your HCC Eagle ID is your log-in to most of your student services, and is the user ID or W-number you were issued upon admission and the password you created for your HCC email account. Your Eagle ID is your login to the Student System, Eagle Online, Ask Online tutoring services, HCC email, campus computers and campus printers. All these services use the same user name and password and that s your Eagle ID. o For more information about your HCC Eagle ID go to http://www.hccs.edu/eagleid/. o Either on or after the official starting date of your class: 1. Go to the HCC-Southwest College Homepage at http://southwest.hccs.edu/ 2. At the top of the screen, In the black bar it reads Student Sign-Ins (http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-sign-ins/ 3. Click on Eagle Online Login: EO.hccs.edu. 4. Your HCC Eagle ID is your log-in to most of your student services, and is the user ID or W-number you were issued upon admission and the password you created for your HCC email account. Your Eagle ID is your log-in to the Student System, Eagle Online, Ask Online tutoring services, HCC email, campus computers and campus printers. All these services use the same user name and password and that s your Eagle ID. o For more information about your HCC Eagle ID go to http://www.hccs.edu/eagleid/. Technical Support for Eagle Online Users: Technical Support for EO can be reached by clicking on the Student Help Desk link at the top of the home page for your courses. HCC-SW Open Computer Lab Locations and Phone Numbers: Southwest College maintains student open computer labs at 3 campuses: Missouri City Campus 5855 Sienna Springs Way Missouri City, TX 77459 Lab Phone: 713-718-2908 Stafford Campus 10041 Cash Road Stafford, Texas 77477 Lab Phone: 713-718-7866 West Loop Center 5601 West Loop South Houston, Texas 77081 Lab Phone: 713-718-7926 Summer 8 Weeks DE 2015 Ruth Dunn, Instructor Page 3 of 14

Course Description: [SOCI 1301: Introduction to Sociology is an] Introduction to the concepts and principles used in the study of group life, social institutions, and social processes. (ACGM). [SOCI 1301: Introduction to Sociology is] A survey course which focuses on the nature of human groups in American and world societies, their social and cultural adaptations, and the impact which various social processes may have on their social organization and social change. Core Curriculum Course. (HCC Catalog). Course Goal: By the end of this course you will be able to Appreciate our socially and culturally diverse society and world (HCC Core Sociology Curriculum). This is a survey course designed to help guide your understanding of Sociology as an academic and scientific discipline and to see the world around you from a new, different, and previously unthought-of of perspective. Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): By the end of this course you will be able to SLO 1. Apply the three major perspectives in Sociology: Conflict, Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism. SLO 2. Identify the principles of the social science research process. SLO 3. Evaluate the various aspects of stratification as they affect American society and the world. SLO 4. Evaluate the various aspects of the institutions of society as they affect American society and the world. Course Objectives: By the end of this course you will be able to: SLO 1: SLO 3: 1.1 Appreciate information about the background and 3.1 Evaluate theories of stratification and how they impact real history of Sociology people's real lives in the real world. 1.2 Analyze the seminal theorists in Sociology, their 3.2 Evaluate theories of globalization and social change and theories, and how those theories translate to the real how they impact real people's real lives in the real world. world. 3.3 Evaluate theories of population, urbanization, and 1.3 Discriminate among and between various critical environment and how they impact real people's real lives in the thinking fallacies. real world. 1.4 Evaluate theories of collective behavior and social movements and how they impact real people's real lives in the real world. SLO 2: 2.1 Illustrate Sociological experiments as found in a textbook or a peer-reviewed journal and discuss the study in terms of the scientific method. 2.2 Delineate scientific research methods. SLO 4: 4.1 Evaluate the major theories of each of the institutions of society. HCC Statement: Core Curriculum Core Curriculum Skills and Assessment: Sociology 1301 is a core curriculum course. It may be used to fulfill the requirements for a core Social and Behavioral Sciences course OR a core Cross/Multi-Cultural Studies course. Please click here to go to the HCC Catalog. Given the rapid evolution of necessary knowledge and skills and the need to take into account global, national, state, and local cultures, the core curriculum must ensure that students will develop the essential knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, in a career, in their communities, and in life. Through the Texas Core Curriculum, students will gain a foundation of knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world, develop principles of personal and social responsibility for living in a diverse world, and advance intellectual and practical skills that are essential for all learning. Students enrolled in this core curriculum course will complete several assignments designed to cultivate the following core objectives: Critical Thinking Skills to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information Communication Skills to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication Page 4 of 14

Empirical and Quantitative Skills to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions Social Responsibility to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities. These objectives will be assessed as follows: Critical Thinking: Nearly all the work in this course will require critical thinking about the societal topics that we address. Your critical thinking skills will be assessed through the written work that you submit and being able to conduct an informed discussion of the required readings. Communication: Nearly all the work in this course will also require that you be able to communicate well in writing. Your communication skills will be assessed primarily through the written work you submit and class participation. Empirical and Quantitative: You will be required to answer questions from the required readings that assesses your empirical and quantitative skills. Furthermore, you will be expected to critically assess various research projects and comprehend various quantitative facts. Social Responsibility: This entire course, reading and class material, is largely focused on social responsibility as an element of Sociology is the understanding that we are interconnected social beings. Course Calendar See page 10 of this syllabus for the Tentative Course Calendar. HCC Statement: Instructional Methods Methods of Instruction may include lecture; various assigned readings from textbooks, peer-reviewed articles, books, original, source, seminal texts, and other original source material, films, field trips, etc. HCCS Policy Statement: Assignments ALL Instructions for ALL Assignments Will Be Found in Eagle Online; You MUST follow all of the directions for ALL assignments and forums. There is a template for the Q# Assignments; you MUST follow it! All student course material, (with the exception of the required textbooks which must be purchased) Learning Objectives, Lecture Notes, Audio Lectures, and ALL Instructions for ALL Gradable Activities/Assignments for this course will be found in Eagle Online (EO) Topics sections The Topics and the Activities blocks are the primary course resources that will help you succeed in SOCI 1301. All of the instructions you will need to complete any Gradable Activities/Assignments will be found in Eagle Online (EO). You will need to complete the Assigned Readings BEFORE you write your weekly assignments. These readings will guide the way you complete each assignment. You must be prepared to discuss intelligently the Assigned Readings. You will be graded on your participation in class and your knowledge of the required material; the in-class discussion grade is 50% of your course grade. The Assigned Readings for each class day are NOT optional, they are REQUIRED. HCC Statement: Assessments There are NO quizzes or exams for this course. There is no final exam for this course. HCC Statement: Instructional Materials All student course material, (with the exception of the required textbooks which must be purchased) Learning Objectives, Lecture Notes, Audio Lectures, and ALL Instructions for ALL Gradable Activities/Assignments for this course will be found in Eagle Online (EO) Topics sections The Topics and the Activities blocks are the primary course resources that will help you succeed in SOCI 1301. All of the instructions you will need to complete any Gradable Activities/Assignments will be found in Eagle Online (EO). You MUST have your required textbooks before the first week of class! HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. Cheating on a test includes: Copying from another student s test paper. Using, during a test, materials not authorized by the person giving the test. Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or in part the contents of an unadministered test. Substituting for Page 5 of 14

another student, or permitting another student to substitute for one s self, to take a test. Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered. Plagiarism means the appropriation of another s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one s written work for credit. Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing work offered for credit. (HCC Core Sociology Curriculum.) Ruth Dunn s Academic Dishonesty Policy: Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. Cheating on a test includes: Copying from another student s test paper. Using, during a test, materials not authorized by the person giving the test. Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or in part the contents of an unadministered test. Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for one s self, to take a test. Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered. Plagiarism means the appropriation of another s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one s written work for credit. Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing work offered for credit. (HCC Core Sociology Curriculum.) Academic dishonesty will result in: A grade of zero for that assignment. A failing grade for the course. A notice placed in your academic file and on your transcript. Every effort I can bring to bear to have you expelled from the college. Please see the Instructor s Academic Dishonesty Policy at the end of this syllabus. You must copy and paste and send to me via EO e-mail an acknowledgement of the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement (which will be found on the last page of this syllabus) before the first assignment. You must copy and paste and send to me via EO e-mail an acknowledgement of the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement (which will be found on the last page of this syllabus) before you will be allowed to take any tests or turn in any written assignments. HCC Policy Statement: Class Attendance DE Only Classes The following statements appear in the College catalog regarding class attendance: Students are expected to log in to EO regularly. Although it is the responsibility of the student to drop a course for nonattendance, the instructor has the authority to drop a student for excessive absences. A student may be dropped from a course for absenteeism after the student has accumulated absences in excess of 12.5 percent of the hours of instruction (including lecture and laboratory time). For example: For a three credit-hour lecture class meeting three hours per week (48 hours of instruction), a student may be dropped after six hours of absences. For a four credit-hour lecture/lab course meeting six hours per week (96 hours of instruction), a student may be dropped after 12 hours of absences. Certain departments or programs may be governed by accrediting or certification standards that require more stringent attendance policies. NOTE: IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT TO WITHDRAW OFFICIALLY FROM A COURSE. Administrative drops are at the discretion of the instructor. Failure of a student to withdraw officially could result in the student receiving a grade of "F" in the course. For the deadline for course withdrawal, check the current course Schedule of Courses. The withdrawal date for HCC S8A Summer DE courses is July 13, at 4:30 PM. HCC Policy Statement: Course Withdrawal For information about this issue, please click on the link to the HCC Student Catalog. http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-handbook/ The withdrawal date for HCC S8A Summer DE courses is July 13, at 4:30 PM. Ruth Dunn s Withdrawal Policy: If you find it necessary to drop the course, you are expected to withdraw officially on or before the deadline. If you do not withdraw yourself and are earning a failing grade, you will receive a failing grade for the course. I will not drop you from the course; that is your responsibility. If you do not withdraw yourself and simply stop coming to class you will receive a failing grade for the course. I repeat, I will not drop you from the course; that is your responsibility. It is the responsibility of the student to withdraw officially from a course. However, if you miss six hours or more of class without contacting me, I will assume that you have dropped the course; this will affect your ability to make up exams, homework, etc. The withdrawal date for HCC S8A Summer DE courses is July 13, at 4:30 PM. HCC Policy Statement: Course Repeat Fee For information about this issue, please click on the link to the HCC Student Catalog. http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-handbook/ Page 6 of 14

HCC Statement: Classroom Behavior See Rules on page 7 of the syllabus. HCC Policy Statement: Instructor Requirements Instructor s Philosophy: I believe that education is one part of the cure for many of the social ills plaguing the United States and the world. I further believe that you, as young adults, are the future of this society. I care deeply about your success and your ability to learn and grow as a student at HCC. If you have any academic problems with which I can help you, please talk to me. My mission, as a teacher, is to help you succeed as a student. If we work together, we can accomplish this goal. Class discussion is a vital part of the learning process; participation makes class more fun and helps others to learn. Please feel free, courteously, to ask questions or to make comments during discussions. HCC Policy Statement: Internet Outage Policy If your professor experiences an Internet service outage or a power outage that significantly affects the timing of distributing on-line assignments, or in any way appreciably hinders the professor in communicating with students, adjustments to due dates and/or grades will be made appropriately. If there is any official notification from HCCS concerning downtime of the EO Internet course server that would affect distributing assignments, or in any way appreciably hinders the professor in communicating with students, adjustments to due dates and/or grades will be made appropriately. This policy pertains only to the professor s INTERNET SERVICE or to HCCS s Internet course servers, not the students computers or Internet access. No one at HCCS can monitor or verify outages at student sites and student access is not the responsibility of HCCS. Students are responsible for making sure that they have continuous, reliable Internet access in order to complete this course. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure that I have received any assignments that have been submitted online. HCC Policy Statement: International Students, Religious Observances, Equal Educational Opportunity, Sexual Harassment, and More For information about this issue, please click on the link to the HCC Student Catalog. http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-handbook/ Studying: Many students who are fresh from high school, or older students who have been out of school for some time, do not understand the necessity of dedicated study time while in college. The rule of thumb for studying is 3 hours of study time outside of class for every hour spent in the classroom this translates to 9 hours of study time per week for each course you are taking. Regular, routine, daily study is much more effective than cramming at the last minute. Regular log-ins, keeping up with assigned readings, taking complete and comprehensive notes, reviewing your notes regularly and often, looking over any handouts, beginning assignments as soon as they are available, forming study/discussion groups with other students who are taking the same course from the same instructor, being alert and attentive in class, participating in discussions, asking questions, and asking for clarification for any material that you don t understand, are all necessary skills to develop and use while you are in college. Good study habits really do lead to good grades! The document Student Success Skills for the Social Sciences that is available on my site on the Learning Web will help you to understand how to study for this class. Rules: Because you are adults, I expect you to behave like adults and to monitor your own behavior. All students are expected to abide by the rules in the HCCS Student Handbook; click on the link to the HCC Student Catalog at http://digital.turn-page.com/title/6160, and the HCC DE Student Handbook at http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-handbook/. It is your responsibility to read and understand all of the course requirements in this syllabus and in EO; if you have any questions it is your responsibility to ask. During class/on-line discussions, it is imperative that students with differing opinions be respected even if you disagree with those opinions. A college classroom (including an on-line classroom) should be a safe forum for expressing ideas and concepts that may be out of the mainstream. Foul or obscene language, flaming, personal attacks, lack of consideration for diversity, racist, sexist, ageist, or other unacceptable language will not be tolerated during discussions or at any other time. Students who engage in such behavior will be locked out or asked to leave. Page 7 of 14

Plagiarizing copying the work of another and passing it off as your own is prohibited, unethical, and, in some cases, illegal. Plagiarizing (in whole or in part), collusion (in whole or in part), and/or cheating on a test will result in: A grade of zero for that assignment. A failing grade for the course. A notice placed in your academic file and on your transcript. Every effort I can bring to bear to have you expelled from the college. Please see the Instructor s Academic Dishonesty Policy at the end of the syllabus, and the Academic Dishonesty information that begins on page 13 of the syllabus. If you are unsure of anything regarding this class, ask me! I do not bite! I am here to help you to understand and to help you to succeed. Special Rules: Any student who is disruptive and engages any behavior that I find unacceptable will be asked to leave the classroom or locked out of the course. Serious disruptions will result in an administrative withdrawal from the course. Disruptive behavior includes but is not limited to: inappropriately challenging the instructor; belligerence toward the instructor or other students; threats or intimidation directed toward faculty, staff, or students; verbalizing inappropriately, foul or obscene language, flaming, personal attacks, lack of consideration for diversity, racist, sexist, ageist, or other unacceptable language. Suggestions for Improving Your Course Grade: You may turn in any written assignments two or more class days before the due date by submitting the assignment in the EO Assignments link. I will correct the assignment and will make suggestions for improvement and I will send it back to you for corrections in the EO Assignments link. Students who avail themselves of this offer almost always earn A s for their assignments if they follow carefully all of my instructions. You may submit to me your assignments in the EO Assignments link for early turn in no later than one week before the due date that is in the Due Dates and Important Course Dates block in EO and in the Syllabus. All assignments turned in on the due date will be considered complete and finished and may not be rewritten. No attachments will be accepted in the Forums or Advanced Forums for this class. Please copy and paste into the text box for the Forums and Advanced Forums. Due Dates: The Due Dates for all Gradable Activities (Forums, Assignments, and Extra Credit) can be found in the Syllabus and in EO on the Title Bar of each weekly Folder. The Due Dates in EO are almost always correct and accurate, but check them daily because they might be changed. If I change any due dates, you will be notified through Quick Mail in EO. All gradable activities (Forums, Assignments, and Extra Credit) turned in on the due date will be considered complete and finished and may not be rewritten. Late Forums and Assignments: Late forums and assignments will have 20 points per day deducted (the equivalent of two letter grades); after 2 days, forums and assignments will no longer be accepted. Once the cut-off date has passed and you can no longer submit an assignment through EO, that assignment will have passed the 2 class day limit and will no longer be accepted and you will receive a zero that cannot be made up. No assignments will be accepted after the last due date for the last assignment for the SOCI 1301 class for which you are registered. NO Exceptions! Page 8 of 14

HCC Statement: Grading Your instructor will conduct quizzes, exams, and assessments that you can use to determine how successful you are at achieving the course learning outcomes (mastery of course content and skills) outlined in the syllabus. If you find you are not mastering the material and skills, you are encouraged to reflect on how you study and prepare for each class. Your instructor welcomes a dialogue on what you discover and may be able to assist you in finding resources on campus that will improve your performance. Houston Community College s standard grading system, which will be used in this class, is: 100-90=A, 89-80=B, 79-70=C, 69-60=D, 59-0=F. Type of Assignment Written Assignments (Q1-Q4) Number of Assignments 4 Percentage per Assignment 12.50% Total Percentage 50.00% Forum Discussions of Doing Sociology (DS1-DS4) 4 12.50% 50.00% 10 point add on to Extra Credit (EC) All Combined Final Course Grade 10.00% Total 8 100.00% HCC Policy Statement: Rate Your Professor: EGLS3 Evaluation for Greater Learning Student Survey System At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is necessary to improve teaching and learning. During a designated time, you will be asked to answer a short online survey of research-based questions related to instruction. The anonymous results of the survey will be made available to your professors and division chairs for continual improvement of instruction. Look for the survey as part of the Houston Community College Student System online near the end of the term. Page 9 of 14

TENTATIVE Calendar of Assignments Introduction to Sociology Sociology 1301 Houston Community College Summer 8 Weeks (S8A) DE 2015 CRN 56138, 57340 All Dates, except Holidays and the Final Exam Schedules Are Tentative: ACTUAL Due Dates will be in the topics in Eagle Online Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 Last Day for Add/Drop/Swap for DE Classes Week 1 Jun 8-Jun 13: Read, Start, Get, Begin, Decide, Find; Nothing Is Due This Week; You MUST Complete ALL of the Readings Hello. Welcome to HCC! DS1 and Q1 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM; DS1 Closed Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM; EC1-EC3 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM READ in Eagle Online (EO) Day 1: Start Here! Find Your Syllabus and Other ESSENTIAL Course Information READ in Eagle Online (EO) Day 1: How Do I? What Am I? Where Do I? Click Here for Important Information about Using Eagle Online READ in Eagle Online (EO) Day 1: Helping Each Other: Use this forum to help each other and to ask questions of each other and to ask Professor Dunn for help READ in Eagle Online (EO) Day 1: How Do I "Learn" Sociology?: Learning Objectives READ in Eagle Online (EO) Day 1: How Do We "Do" Sociology? READ in Eagle Online (EO) the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement that is in your syllabus START DS1 and Q1 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM; (DS1 Closed Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM) START in Eagle Online (EO) Extra Credit Forums (EC1-EC3 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM) GET Your Books! You MUST have both textbooks by the second week of class READ in Eagle Online (EO) Syllabus READ in Eagle Online (EO) How to Post, What to Post, When to Post to the Forums, Opening Dates, Closing Dates, and Grading Summer 2015 READ in Eagle Online (EO) Instructions for Doing Sociology (DS1-DS4) for DE Only Classes: How to Post, What to Post, When to Post to the Forums, Opening Dates, Closing Dates, and Grading Summer 2015 READ in Eagle Online (EO) Example of DS# Forums START in Eagle Online (EO) Working on Extra Credit Forums (EC1-EC3) What Should I be Working on This Week? START in Your Textbooks and EO (if available) the Required Readings in Ritzer, Korgen, and EO BEGIN in Your Textbooks and EO (if available) Readings in Ritzer, Korgen, and EO for DS1 and Q1 DECIDE from EO (if available) and Your Textbooks What you are going to do for DS1 FIND in Your Textbooks & EO (if available) The questions and answers for the Answers to the Required Questions (Q1-Q4) Assignments START DS1 and Q1 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM; (DS1 Closed Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM) START in Eagle Online (EO) Extra Credit Forums (EC1-EC3 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM) Week 2 Jun 14-Jun 20 DS1 and Q1 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM; (DS1 Closed Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM); EC1-EC3 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM; CONTINUE READING in Your Textbooks and EO; Finish Responses to DS1; Start WORKING ON DS2 and Q2 DS1 and Q1 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM; (DS1 Closed Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM) EC1-EC3 Due Jun 14 @ 11:30 PM What Should I be Working on This Week? FINISH DS2 and Q2 (Due Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM) FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS1 (Closed Jun 21 @ 11:30 PM) Week 3 Jun 21-Jun 27 DS2 and Q2 Due Jun 28 @ 11:30 PM; DS1 Closed Jun 21 @11:30 PM; (DS2 Closed Jul 5 @11:30 PM); BEGIN WORKING ON DS3 and Q3; COMPLETE the RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS2; CONTINUE READING in Your Textbooks and EO FINISH WRITING DS2 and Q2 (Due @ 11:30 PM Jun 28), (DS2 Closed Jul 5 @11:30 PM) RESPOND TO DS2 (Closed Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM) What Should I be Working on This Week? Page 10 of 14

BEGIN WORKING ON DS3 and Q3 FINISH your RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS2 Week 4 Jun 28-Jul 4 DS2 and Q2 Due Jun 28 @ 11:30 PM; (DS2 Closed Jul 5) BEGIN WORKING ON DS3 and Q3; FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS2 (Closed Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM) DS2 and Q2 Due Jun 28 @ 11:30 PM DS2 Closed Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM DS3 and Q3 Due @ 11:30 PM Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM (DS3 Closed Jul 19 @ 11:30 PM) DS2 Closed Jul 12 @11:30 PM FINISH WORKING ON DS3 and Q3 (Due Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM) FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS2 (Closed Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM) What Should I be Working on This Week? FINISH WORKING ON DS3 and Q3 (Due Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM) FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS2 (Closed Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM) WORK ON RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS3 (Closed Jul 19 @ 11:30 PM) Week 5 Jul 5-Jul 11 All Responses to DS2 Due Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM; DS3 & Q3 Due Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM; WORK ON RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS3 (Closed Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM) DS3 AND Q3 Due Jul 5 @ 11:30 PM; (DS3 Closed Jul 12 @11:30 PM) RESPOND TO DS3 (Closed Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM) What Should I be Working on This Week? CONTINUE WORKING ON DS4 and Q4 FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS3 (Closed Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM) Week 6 Jul 12-18 DS3 Closed Jul 12 @11:30 PM; FINISH DS4 and Q4 (Due Jul 19 @ 11:30 PM); CONTINUE READING in Your Textbooks and EO DS3 Closed Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM DS4 and Q4 Due @ 11:30 PM Jul 19, (DS4 Closed Jul 27 @11:30 PM) What Should I be Working on This Week? FINISH WORKING ON DS4 and Q4 (Due Jul 19 @ 11:30 PM) FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS3 (Closed Jul 12 @ 11:30 PM) Week 7 Jul 19-25 DS4 and Q4 Due @ 11:30 PM Jul 19, (DS4 Closed Jul 26 @11:30 PM) DS4 and Q4 Due @ 11:30 PM Jul 19, (DS4 Closed Jul 26 @11:30 PM) RESPOND TO DS4 What Should I be Working on This Week? FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS4 (Closed Jul 26 @ 11:30 PM) Page 11 of 14

Week 8 Jul 26-Aug 1 DS4 Closed Jul 26@ 11:30 PM; No Forums, Assignments, or EC will be accepted after Jul 26 @ 11:30 PM; COURSE ENDS Aug 2 DS4 Closed Jul 26 @11:30 PM COURSE ENDS AUG 2 FINISH RESPONSES to 3 Other Students Postings for DS4 (Closed Jul 26 @ 11:30 PM) No Forums, Assignments, or EC will be accepted after Jul 26 @ 11:30 PM FINALS WEEK Jul 28-Aug 2 COURSE ENDS; No Forums, Assignments, or EC will be accepted after Jul 26 @ 11:30 PM FINALS WEEK What Should I Be Doing This Week? FINALS WEEK: There Are NO Finals for this Course No Forums, Assignments, or EC will be accepted after Jul 26 @ 11:30 PM The withdrawal date for HCC S8A Summer DE courses is July 13, at 4:30 PM. There are no final exams for this course. Student Grades Available Aug 7, 2015 To view your final course grades, please log into the Student Center There are NO CLASSES during finals week! Jul 28-Aug 1, 2015 is Finals Week; there are NO Classes! Page 12 of 14

Instructor s Academic Dishonesty Policy Most students are honest, hard-working, diligent, thoughtful, and are attending Houston Community College in order to learn and improve in some significant way their lives. Unfortunately, there are a few students who make it necessary to develop classroom policies to deal with academic dishonesty. Therefore, the following set of policies will be used in order to discourage and reduce academic dishonesty (cheating). This policy expands on the policy of Houston Community College as stated beginning on page 5 of the syllabus. You must read the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement on the above page; once you are sure that you understand the policy, copy and paste this page and send it to me via Eagle Online Quick Mail at least two class days before the first assignment is due. Or, you must send me an e- mail at least two class days before the first gradable activity is due telling me that you have read the policy, that you understand the policy, and that you will abide by the policy. I have read and I understand Ruth Dunn s policy on academic dishonesty. I have read the academic dishonesty information that begins on page 5 of the syllabus and the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement on the above page. I understand that any academic dishonesty will result in a failing grade for the assignment or test, a failing grade for the course, withdrawal from the course with an F, and a written notice placed in my academic file. I have retained this policy statement for my own records. I understand that I must copy and paste and send to Ms. Dunn via Eagle Online Quick Mail an acknowledgement of the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement (which will be found on the next to the last page of the syllabus), or, that I must send an e-mai, before I will be allowed to take any tests or turn in any written gradable activities, telling Ms. Dunn that I have read the policy, that I understand the policy, and that I will abide by the policy. Academic Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism, collusion, and cheating on a test. For written work, academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to: Two or more students turning in, in whole or in part, identical written assignments. This is also called collusion, which is the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit. If you work with another student or group of students on homework assignments, each student must turn in their own work. Turning in, in whole or in part, identical assignments is collusion, which is cheating! Copying or using in any way any material from the Internet and passing it off, in whole or in part, as the student s own work. This is called plagiarism, which is the appropriation of another s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one s written work for credit. Copying or using in any way any material from any source (including other students past and/or present) and passing it off, in whole or in part, as the student s own work. This is plagiarism and is illegal. Plagiarism is the appropriation of another s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one s written work for credit. Using any material from the Internet to complete, in whole or in part, any assignment unless specifically directed by the instructor to do so. I have read and I understand Ruth Dunn s policy on academic dishonesty. I have read the academic dishonesty information that begins on page 5 of the syllabus and the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement on this page. I understand that any academic dishonesty will result in a failing grade for the gradable activity, a failing grade for the course, withdrawal from the course with an F, and a written notice placed in my academic file. I have retained this policy statement for my own records. Student s Copy Keep This for Yourself! Page 13 of 14

Acknowledgement of the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement You must read the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement on the above page; once you are sure that you understand the policy, copy and paste this page and send it to me via Eagle Online Quick Mail at least two class days before the first assignment is due. Or, you must send me an e-mail at least two class days before the first gradable activity is due telling me that you have read the policy, that you understand the policy, and that you will abide by the policy. I have read and I understand Ruth Dunn s policy on academic dishonesty. I have read the academic dishonesty information that begins on page 5 of the syllabus and the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement on the above page. I understand that any academic dishonesty will result in a failing grade for the assignment or test, a failing grade for the course, withdrawal from the course with an F, and a written notice placed in my academic file. I have retained this policy statement for my own records. I understand that I must copy and paste and send to Ms. Dunn via Eagle Online Quick Mail an acknowledgement of the Academic Dishonesty Policy Statement (which will be found on the next to the last page of the syllabus), or, that I must send an e-mai, before I will be allowed to take any tests or turn in any written gradable activities, telling Ms. Dunn that I have read the policy, that I understand the policy, and that I will abide by the policy. Page 14 of 14