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SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology

This document outlines the expectations for this course from week to week.

Content: This column refers to the Lesson Plans and activities (quizzes, discussions, and/or assignments) located in the Lessons section in Blackboard.

Other Due Dates: This column outlines additional work (special assignments, projects, interviews, etc...)

Graded material is posted below in RED.

Schedule Content Other Due Dates
Week 1

Begins Monday January 23
Graded work is due Sunday January 29

  • Lesson ZERO
    • Lesson ZERO Discussion
    • Lesson ZERO Assignment
  • Chapter 1 Quiz
  • Lesson 1: An Introduction to Sociology

 
Week 2

Begins Monday January 30
Graded work is due Sunday February 5

  • Lesson 1: An Introduction to Sociology (continued)
    • Lesson 1 Quiz
  • Chapter 2 Quiz
  • Lesson 2: Sociological Research
    • Lesson 2 Quiz
  • Chapter 3 Quiz
  • Lesson 3: Culture
    • Lesson 3 Quiz

 

 
Week 3

Begins Monday February 6
Graded work is due Sunday February 12

  • Chapter 4 Quiz
  • Lesson 4: Society and Social Interaction
    • Lesson 4 Quiz
 
Week 4

Begins Monday February 13
Graded work is due Sunday February 19

  • Special Extension on due dates for this week's work...all are due on February 22
  • Chapter 5 Quiz
  • Lesson 5: Socialization
    • Lesson 5 Quiz
  • Chapter 6 Quiz
  • Lesson 6: Groups and Organizations
    • Lesson 6 Quiz
 
Week 5

Begins Monday February 20
Graded work is due Sunday February 26

  • Chapter 8 Quiz
  • Lesson 8: Media and Technology
    • Lesson 8 Quiz
  • Introduce the American Dream Project - Work Day

 
Week 6

Begins Monday February 27
Graded work is due Sunday March 5

  • Chapter 9 Quiz
  • Lesson 9: Social Stratification in the United States
    • American Dream Project
  • Chapter 10 Quiz
  • Lesson 10: Global Inequality
    • Lesson 10 Quiz

 
Week 7

Begins Monday March 6
Graded work is due Sunday March 12

  • Chapter 11 Quiz
  • Lesson 11: Race and Ethnicity
    • Lesson 11 Quiz
  • Chapter 12 Quiz
  • Lesson 12: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
  • March 9 - Guest Speaker - Gender and Gender Identity
    • Lesson 12 Quiz
  
Week 8

Begins Monday March 13
Graded work is due Sunday March 19

  • Spring Recess

 
Week 9

Begins Monday March 20
Graded work is due Sunday March 26

  • Chapter 14 Quiz
  • Lesson 14: Marriage and Family
    • Lesson 14 Quiz
  • Chapter 7 Quiz
  • Lesson 7: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
  • March 23 - Guest Speaker - Incarceration
    • Lesson 7 Quiz

 
Week 10

Begins Monday March 27
Graded work is due Sunday April 2

  • March 28 - Guest Speaker - Long Term Care
  • Chapter 13 Quiz
  • Lesson 13: Aging and the Elderly
    • Lesson 13 Quiz
  • March 28 - American Dream Project Work Day (2nd half of class)
  • Chapter 15 Quiz
  • Lesson 15: Religion
    • Lesson 15 Quiz

 
Week 11 Begins Monday April 3
Graded work is due Sunday April 9
  • April 4 - American Dream Group Work and Display Creation
  • Chapter 16 Quiz
  • Lesson 16: Education

 
Week 12

Begins Monday April 10
Graded work is due Sunday April 16

  • April 11 - American Dream Display is Due - We will spend time looking at each others' projects.
  • Chapter 17 Quiz
  • Lesson 17: Government and Politics
    • Lesson 17 Quiz
  • Chapter 18 Quiz
  • Lesson 18: Work and the Economy
    • Lesson 18 Quiz

 
Week 13

Begins Monday April 17
Graded work is due Sunday April 23

  • Chapter 19 Quiz
  • Lesson 19: Health and Medicine
Local Politics Special Assignment Due
Week 14 Begins Monday April 24
Graded work is due Sunday April 30
  • Chapter 20 Quiz
  • Lesson 20: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment
    • Lesson 20 Quiz
  • April 27 - Leave No Trace Extravaganza

 
Week 15

Begins Monday May 1
Graded work is due Sunday May 7

  • Chapter 21 Quiz
  • Lesson 21: Social Movements and Social Change
    • Lesson 21 Quiz
Service Learning Project - Paper is Due
Week 16

Begins Monday May 8
Graded work is due SATURDAY May 13

  • Wrap Up

NO work will be accepted after SATURDAY May 13 @ midnight.