Below you will find a Sample Introduction to Sociology I Online Activity Schedule.

Assignments are due twice a week and each chapter has three-five activities.

Three exams will be given and students’ two highest test scores will be used in calculating final grades.

                                                                                                            

Sociology 170- Introduction to Sociology I ONLINE (4 credit hours)
All assignments are due at 11:55 p.m. on the due date listed below. 

Assignment: Orientation Activities Due Date Monday                                            

Read Orientation Information and complete Orientation Activity                                            10*

Visit Netiquette website take the Netiquette quiz under Assessment                                     5

Discussion 1: Introduce yourself Due date Monday                                                             15

Assignment: Chapter 1- Due Date   Thursday                                                                     25

Read Chapter 1, complete activities and submit to the instructor by due date.

Activity 1: Plagiarism and Plagiarism Quiz, Activity 2: Another Culture,  

Activity 3: Theoretical Analysis, Activity 4: Benefits of Sociology

 

Assignment: Special Assignment 1- Due Date Monday                                                        50

Complete Special Assignment 1-Interview and submit to instructor by due date.

Special Assignment: Interview

 

Assignment: Chapter 2  Due Date Thursday                                                                      25

Read Chapter 2, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: Experimental Terminology, Activity 2: Measures of Central Tendency,

Activity 3: Chart Reading,  Activity 4: What Do I Value,  Activity 5:

Types of Subcultures

Assignment: Chapter 3 Due date  Monday                                                                          25

Read Chapter 3, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: The Whole World, Activity 2: Virtual Tour,

Activity 3: Peters Projection Map

Discussion 2: Introduce yourself Due date Monday                                                             15

Assignment: Chapter 4 Due date Thursday                                                                        25

Read Chapter 4, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: thinking it Through, Activity 2: Global Citizen, Activity 3:

Two Societies

Assignment: Chapter 5 Due date Monday                                                                           25

Read Chapter 5, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: The Looking Glass, Activity 2: Agents of Socialization,

Activity 3: Gender Roles, Activity 4: Location on the Life Course

Assignment: Chapter 6 Due date Thursday                                                                        25

Read Chapter 6, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: Terminology, Activity 2: Gesture, Activity 3 You Just Don’t

Understand, Activity 4: Humor Writing

 

Assignment: Special Assignment 2 Due Date: Monday                                                        50

Complete Special Assignment 2 and submit your paper to the instructor by due date

Special Assignment: Background Assumptions.

 

 

 

Exam 1: Available the last three days of the 5th week                                                          75

 Exam will be given at the SSCC campus of your choice in the LRC (library). See http://lrc.sscc.edu/ for the hours of operation for your campus choice.

 

Exam will cover Chapters 1-6 including all material covered from textbook. assignment and activities.

Assignment: Chapter 7 Due date Monday                                                                           25

Read Chapter 7, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: McDonaldization, Activity 2: More McDonaldization,

Activity 3: “Super Size Me”, Activity 4 Computers and Privacy

 

Assignment: Chapter 8  Due date Thursday                                                                       25

Read Chapter 8, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: The Reimer Case, Activity 2: Ohio Vital Records, Activity 3:

Marriage and Rape, Activity 4 What is and isn’t sex? Activity 5:

Heterosexual Privilege

 

Assignment: Chapter 9 Due date Monday                                                                           25

Read Chapter 9, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: ODRC, Activity 2: Federal Facts, Activity 3: Drug Offenders,

Activity 4: Prison Tour

 

Assignment: Special Assignment 3 Due Date Thursday                                                     50

Complete Special Assignment 3 and submit your answers to the instructor by due date.

Special Assignment 3: When Kids Get Life

Assignment: Chapter 10 Due date Monday                                                                         25                                                                                               

Read Chapter 10, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: Your Turn, Activity 2: The United Kingdom Today, Activity 3:

More ways than one, Activity 4: Social Stratification in High School,

Discussion 3: Women & Children 1st, Due date Monday                                                      15                                                    

 

Assignment: Chapter 11 Due Date Thursday                                                                        25

Read Chapter 11, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: Occupations and Incomes, Activity 2: Social Class and Occupations,

Activity 3: Inter/Intra generational mobility, Activity 4: People Like Us,

 

Assignment Chapter 12 Due Date Monday                                                                           25

Read Chapter 12, complete activities and submit to instructor by due date.

Activity 1: Poverty Guidelines, Activity 2: Free the Slaves, Activity 3: The G8,

Activity 4: Modernization and Dependency Theories

 

Assignment Special Assignment 4 Due Date Thursday                                                        50

Complete Special Assignment 4 and submit your answers to the instructor by due date.

Special Assignment 4: Living on Minimum Wage

 

 

Module 2 Exam: Available the last three days of the last week of classes                          75

Module 2 Exam will be given at the SSCC campus of your choice in the LRC (library).

Exam will cover Chapters 7-12 including all materials covered since the first exam.

 

 

Final Exam: Available first two days of finals week                                                             75

Exam will be given at the SSCC at the campus of your choice in the LRC

Final Exam will cover Chapters 1-12 and all other material covered throughout the quarter.

 

 

 

Final Grading Scale           

700 – 630 = A                        

629 – 560 = B                        

559 – 490 = C                        

489 – 420 = D

419  - >     = F

 

 

 

Total By Types of Assignments

Netiquette quiz                                          5

12 Chapter Activities- 25                      300

3 Discussions- 15 point each           45

4 Special Assignments 50 each             200

2 Exams  75 points each                        150

                                                                700