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Backman SOCY1000 Brass Tacks

Backman SOCY1000 Brass Tacks. See the Syllabus. For all details IN WRITING, see syllabus Close to a contract www.auburn.edu/ ~ backmcb /socy1000/syl1000f13 No printed copy (saving trees) Strongly recommend you make copy (so much for trees) Not directly available on Canvas. Reading.

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Backman SOCY1000 Brass Tacks

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  1. Backman SOCY1000Brass Tacks

  2. See the Syllabus • For all details IN WRITING, see syllabus • Close to a contract • www.auburn.edu/ ~backmcb/socy1000/syl1000f13 • No printed copy (saving trees) • Strongly recommend you make copy (so much for trees) • Not directly available on Canvas

  3. Reading • Syllabus • Textbook • Additional readings online • 10 to 30 pages per week • Reading is the most important out of class activity of college students !!!

  4. Read the Syllabus It will be on exams

  5. Textbook • Textbook: The Sociology Project, by Jeff Manza and 19 other profs at New York University (NYU) • Known to professionals as Manza • Publisher Pearson • There was some confusion with various bookstores in town • Had wrong book for this course! • Be sure to get the correct one

  6. Online Reading • Assignments and how to get to them are available by clicking on Readings on home page • Some assignments may require using E-Reserve from the library • Password will be announced at that time

  7. READING ASSIGNMENTS: Exam 1 • Syllabus • Textbook for exam 1: • Chapters 2, 3, 5, 11 required • Chapter 1 recommended; no exam qs • First readings for Exam 1: • “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema,” by Horace Miner • Excerpt from The Sociological Imagination, by C. Wright Mills

  8. Grading • Four regular exams • Each one sixth of grade • Final exam • One third of grade • Homework and unscheduled quizzes • Tie breakers

  9. Lecture • You are responsible for everything I say in class • Well … maybe not the bad jokes • Lecture notes will usually be available through Canvas • Not when attendance begins to drop below a C (70 percent) • Preferably before class, but not always

  10. Lecture and Reading • Lectures and reading are largely independent • That is, you’ll have two sources of sociological insight: me and the reading • There is some overlap between the two, but not a lot • Therefore, if something in the reading confuses you, be sure to ask me about it. First time I mention it in class may be when we are going over an exam

  11. Exams • Regular exams • Semi-cumulative – includes material that was new for the previous exam • Roughly 50% lectures and 50% reading • Final exam covers entire semester • Mostly computer scored • Blue scantron, pencil • Each exam scored on 4 point scale • Actually 4.5

  12. Quizzes and Homework • Unannounced quizzes cover previous lecture • Homework varies • Incentives to do homework: • You will learn more • Some exam questions may be based on homework results • Grades for people on the borderline will be determined by quizzes and homework • Borderline = average ending in .5

  13. Schedule Schedule is on syllabus and home page You must take your final exam when scheduled

  14. Final Exam Schedule • IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE FINAL WHEN SCHEDULED, DROP THIS CLASS NOW • NOTE NOW final exam date: • 10am section: Tue 4/30 • 1pm section: Thu 5/2 • 2pm section: Mon 4/29

  15. Classroom Comportment • When we’re together in class: Quality time • All we are doing is SOCY1000 • Requires concentration • Especially when I’m lousy • Also when you’re lousy • Respect Sociology • Ask questions • NO ELECTRONICS

  16. More Classroom Comportment • PUT AWAY ELECTRONICS

  17. REMINDER !!! • See me • One of my great pleasures is talking to college students • Best times: • Right after class • Office hours • Includes BY APPOINTMENT

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