Instructor: My name is Bill Bailey, and my office is in room 321 of Harvey Hall. My phone extension is 2226; my home phone is 235-0510. My email address is baileyb@uwstout.edu, and although I have a web site (http://www.uwstout.edu/cas/socsci/bailey/bailey.htm) the best way to access materials relevant for this course is through the e-scholar portal (see below)

• •My office hour are MWF, 1:30-3:30 and T.Th., 1:00-3:00; if these times are inconvenient, make an appointment.



• •For those issued a Stout laptop computer, you will be in the e-scholar site when you open your computer. For others, the e-scholar site can be accessed by clicking on e-scholar when at Stout's home page (www.uwstout.edu) When at the e-Scholar page, log in and then make sure that you are in the correct semester and year by checking in the upper right area of the e-Scholar site where your classes are listed including this class. In the following sections of this syllabus I will detail the information to be found and accessed at the various e-Scholar modules but in general, we will be using the Lecture Notes, Resources, and Links modules of e-Scholar. The e-Scholar site also allows for e-mailing students in the section and some opportunities of creating web chat rooms through e-scholar.

Course Purpose: This course is intended to be a general introduction to sociology. At the completion of this course, the student should possess a basic understanding of the sociological perspective, be familiar with the basic concepts of the discipline, and be able to apply these tools in analyzing certain aspects of contemporary American society. In addition, this course meets the Social and Behavioral Science Requirement of the General Education block of courses and is included as a "C" course for the Diversity Requirement.

Course Organization: This course is organized into basically three sections. Section I (spanning the material between the beginning of the course and the first test) is a presentation of the sociological perspective and the basic concepts of the discipline. The remaining two sections represent applications of these tools to selected areas of social life. Section II (spanning the material between the first test and the second tests) is an analysis of social inequality. Section III (spanning the material between the second and the last tests) is an analysis of some of our major social institutions and issues.

Requirements

1. Reading: The text is entitled, Sociology, by John Macions (10^th edition) and is available at instructional resources in the library. In addition, there are three articles to be found at the Resources module of the e-Scholar site of this course. The reading assignments are found in the attached outline with the three readings in e-Scholar identified by the author's last name.

2. Exams: Three exams will be given on the dates indicated on the outline; these exams will consist of multiple choice questions. With regards to make-ups: you may not take a make-up exam either directly preceding or shortly after the regularly scheduled exam. There are two times for taking make-up exams: either on Friday, April 30 at 3:00 PM in room 305 HH or at our regular evaluation-exam period. Make-up exams will not/may not be multiple choice exams but will/might be written exams consisting of twenty short answer questions. There is absolutely no alternative to taking make up exams at these scheduled times. You may take only one make-up exam; if you miss two exams, one exam will count zero. You are responsible for all of the material in the reading assignments and lectures. However, you can be assured that 90% of the quiz and test questions will come directly from the questions on a set of study guides that I will refer to as Question Sheets. Note, however, that some test questions (no more than 10%)will be based on lectures and readings but not corresponding to questions on the question sheets so it will be necessary for you to read the entire chapter and regularly attend class. These "non-question sheet" questions are more likely to be on the test rather than the quizzes.

• Question Sheets are required and available at this course's e-Scholar site in the Course Work module. Go to Course Work, then click the tab on Assignments and select from the list of question sheets that are organized by chapter. L questions refer to lecture material; R questions refer to reading material and LR questions can be answered from material found in both reading and lectures.



• Quizzes: Nine quizzes will be given during the course of the semester, with seven of these quizzes "counting" (the two lowest quizzes will be dropped). These quizzes will consist of seven multiple choice questions. These quizzes cannot be made up.

• Attendance: Class lectures and discussions are an important part of the course and attendance will be taken, and poor attendance may affect your grade. SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU MISS MORE THAN EIGHT CLASSES, FOR WHATEVER REASONS, YOUR COURSE GRADE WILL BE REDUCED ONE "LEVEL" (WITH LEVELS BEING A, A-,B+,B, ETC.). Note that "legitimate" absences must come from within the eight permitted absences.

Grades:

1. Three regular exams will be given with each test consisting of 60 multiple choice questions, for a maximum total of 100 points per test and a combined percentage of seventy-three percent of your grade.

2. Nine quizzes will be given and seven will be counted (dropping the two lowest quizzes). Each quiz will consist of seven multiple choice questions, at 2 point per question for a maximum of 14 points per quiz. The combined seven quizzes count twenty-seven percent of your total grade.

• The distribution for each assignment and final grade is follows: A =90-100, A-=88-89, B+=86-87, B =80-85, B-=78-79, C+=76-77, C =70-75, C-=68-69, D+=66-67, D =60-65,

D-=58-59, F =57 and under

• Extra credit points. Your percentage grade can be improved by up to four percent through the use of extra credit assignments and options.

a. The main source of extra credit points is turning in some of your completed question

sheets question sheets; the question sheets are identified by chapter number and are available on my website available through your e-Scholar site in the Links portal (click on "Questions" and go to appropriate chapter).. For each of the three main course divisions you can turn in two sets of chapter-question sheets. Each completed and accurate set of chapter-questions earns two points. Thus, for each of three divisions (which ends with a test) you can earn four points and twelve points if you turn in question sheets for all three divisions. You can not earn extra credit through the use of these question sheets for any division in which you have missed three or more classes. The twelve potential extra credit points earned through these question sheets can add three percent to your overall grade.

b. An additional one percent (four extra credit points) can be earned through (1)perfect attendance (2 points), (2)your attendance at an approved out-of-class campus speaking engagement (2 points for your submitted notes on the speech), (3)an active participation in class, mostly by answering in-class questions (up to four points). If you earn more than four points through these exercises, I might transfer some points to question sheet extra credits if you have not earned the maximum twelve points.

• Scores and grades are available on the Internet. All tests and assignments will be returned to you graded but you can also access your test/assignment scores and a progress report on your grade from the Internet by entering the following web address:

http://www.rredware.com/smreports.asp This site URAL is also found in this class's

e-Scholar site in the Links module under "Grades". On reaching the score/grade report site, you will be asked to enter your student code and password. Codes and passwords will be assigned by me early in the course. The score on your most recent assignment will be available the day after I've entered the score on my computer.

Supplementary Course Information

1. I have also scheduled review sessions for all three exams. These reviews will be at 6:00 P.M. in room 305 Harvey Hall.

Exam 1 Review Tuesday, October 5

Exam 2 Review Tuesday, November 9^t

Exam 3 Review Wednesday, December 15

2. Instructions for Question Sheet Assignments

a. As indicated on your course outline, you can earn bonus points by completing and turning in six of your question sheets; the question sheets are identified by chapter number and are available on my website available through your e-Scholar site in the Links portal (click on "Questions" and go to appropriate chapter).

b. These are for bonus points so you need not do or complete the question sheets.

c. Each completed set of question sheets is worth a maximum of two points; you can do six of these sets for a course maximum of twelve bonus points.

d. You can do these on topics of your own choosing, but you must turn these in a week after the section test.

e. If you have missed more than three classes in the periods described in d, above, you

may not use the sheets for bonus points.

f. You may not quote from the book; you must answer the questions in your own words. If you answer all the questions you will probably get the maximum two points.

g. If you need more room to write your answer than allowed for by the spacing of the questions, write the answers on the back of the sheet or add sheets of your own. You need not type the answer (although that would be helpful) but please write legibly. Make sure all pages are stapled together.

h. You may not turn in more than six of these sets of questions, again, two per section.

• Lecture Outlines: lecture outlines for all topics are available at the class's e-Scholar site in the Lecture Notes module. With the exception of the Consumerism outline, all lecture outlines are identified by the chapter they correspond to. Note the fact that my actual presentations can and probably will deviate from these outlines since these outlines are general while my actual remarks will be more specifically organized, and the these outlines will be written on the board. The outlines in e-scholar are not meant to substitute for actual note-taking at my lectures.

Section 1: Basic Processes and Structures Reading

Introduction 1⁽¹⁾

Language and Culture 3

Social Interaction and Social Structure 6, Goffman article

Socialization, the Self and Internalization 5

Test: Wednesday, October 6^th

Section 2: Social Inequality

Social Stratification 10

US Social Class 11

Race and Ethnicity 14

Gender 13, Cahill article

Test: Friday, November 10^th

Section 3: Some Social Issues

Family Issues 18

Population and the Environment 22 (Demog. & Environ.)

Deviance and Crime 8

Consumer Society Ritzer article

Last Test: Follows evaluation week schedule as below:

Evaluation Week

Section 4 (10:10)=Fri, December 17, 8:00

Section 6 (11:15)=Mon, December 20,12:00

Section 8 (12:20)=Mon, December 20, 8:00

Fri. 9/3 Introduction

Wed. 9/8 Introduction

Fri 9/10 Introduction

Mon. 9/13 Culture and language

Wed. 9/15 Culture and language

Fri. 9/17 Culture and language

Mon. 9/20 Culture and language

Wed. 9/22 Social interaction

Fri. 9/24 Social interaction

Mon. 9/27 Social interaction

Wed. 9/29 Socialization and the self

Fri. 10/1 Socialization and the self

Mon. 10/4 Socialization and the self

Wed 10/6 Test

Fri. 10/8 Social stratification

Mon. 10/11 Social stratification

Wed. 10/13 Social stratification

Fri. 10/15 Social class

Mon. 10/18 Social class

Wed. 10/20 Social class

Fri. 10/22 Social class

Mon. 10/25 Social Class

Wed. 10/27 Minority groups

Fri. 10/29 Minority groups

Mon. 11/1 Minority groups

Wed. 11/3 Gender

Fri. 11/5 Gender

Mon. 11/8 Gender

Wed. 11/10 Test

Fri. 11/12 Family

Sociology Class Questionnaire

• What's your name (nickname)?





• What community do you call home?





• What's your major?





• Do you have a job? yes; no. If you do, what is your job?

. Approximately how many hours do you

work in an average week? .

• What are your major interests or hobbies?

• List two social issues that you are interested in or concerned about (if any)?











• Did you have sociology in high school? Yes; No.



• If you answered yes to question #8, list a couple of main issues or concepts that you covered in that class.

1. Numbers refer to chapters in the Macionis text; names refer to author's name of the articles found at this class's e-scholar site in the Resources module.