INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

Sociology The Hub of th Social Sciences Sociology is the Foundation of many professions Social work Education Policing Journalism Urban planning Political policy formation and analysis. Sociology is the core discipline of many specialized areas Political science Economics Criminology Indigenous studies Sociologies insights are central to contemporary Literature Art Drama Sociology has tools to explore critical questions like: How does the social world work? How did the social world come to be the way it is now and how can it be changed? How are our individual lives (our biographies and life chances) created and stunted by the social world (that we, ourselves, collectively produce)? Course Evaluation EXAMS Midterm 1: February 1 - 35% Midterm 2: March 8 - 35% Final : In-class April 5 - 15% SOCI 100B TUTORIAL WRITTEN WORK - 15% - requirements may change SOCI 103 ESSAY OR PRESI - 10% In-class assignments - 5% Grades and Distribution (details on course outline and in Calendar) PASSING GRADES A - Outstanding - Typically only 15% of class B - Very good C - Satisfactory D- Marginal FAILING GRADES F - Unsatisfactory N - Incomplete YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD STICKS TO YOU MORE THAN A CRIMINAL RECORD JAN 16 - Wednesday Last day for 100% reduction of tuition fees JAN 19 - Saturday Last day for ADDING courses JAN 31 - Thursday Last day for PAYING fees without penalty FEB 6 - Wednesday Last day to WITHDRAW from courses with 50% tuition rebate FEB 28 - Thursday Last day to WITHDRAW without penalty of failure IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL YOUR COURSES DEFERRAL (DEF).("N" changes to "DEF") This is appropriate if you cannot complete course requirements by the end of term due to injury, affliction, or illness. EXTENDED DEFERRED (ExtDEF) is possible. AEGROTAT NOTATION (AEG). This is a notation added to a course grade in cases where injury, affliction, or illness affected your performance in a completed course, or will prevent completion of a course and a DEF is not viable Only after making and obtaining a "Request for Academic Concession" BASIC SUMMARY OF SOCI 100A Important sociological processes including Socialization: How you become human at all & more specifically how you are becoming the type of human you are. Culture: As a method of life and survival as compared to instinct Deviance and Crime: Sexuality and gender socialization: BASIC SUMMARY OF SOCI - 100B (Social structures and Institutions) 1. Social Change - Tech and environment 2. Social Processes - Groups, orgs & networks 3. Social Inequality - Globalization, race & ethnicity, gender, age & disability) 4. Social Institutions - Work, the economy, politics, religion (chapter 16) 4. Social Change - Pop and Urbanization BASIC SUMMARY OF SOCI 103 1. Is Canada a "society" and do we have a "national identity"? 2. Migration and multiculturalism 3. The economy of Canada 4. Canada's legal system 5. What kinds of people dominate and what kinds of people are oppressed in Canada? 6. Other Canadian Institutions (health, education, family, religion)