*Pleasenotethatthissyllabusshouldberegardedonlyasageneralguidetothecourseandissubjecttochangeatthe
instructor’sdiscretion.
SOCY1049.01SOCIALPROBLEMS
3Credits
BostonCollege
SummerSession2016
Summer1:May18‐June222016
Classmeetingtimes:M/W6:00PM‐9:15PM
InstructorName:SelenYanmaz
BCE‐mail:yanmaz@bc.edu
Office:McGuinnHall410D‐Mailbox#71
OfficeHours:W5:00PM‐6:00PM(pleasee‐mailthedaybeforeifyouareplanningtocometoofficehours)andby
appointment.
BostonCollegeMissionStatement
Strengthenedbymorethanacenturyandahalfofdedicationtoacademicexcellence,BostonCollegecommitsitselfto
the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the
pursuitofajustsocietythroughitsownaccomplishments,theworkofitsfacultyandstaff,andtheachievementsofits
graduates.Itseeksbothtoadvanceitsplaceamongthenation'sfinestuniversitiesandtobringtothecompanyofits
distinguishedpeersandtocontemporarysocietytherichnessoftheCatholicintellectualidealofamutuallyilluminating
relationshipbetweenreligiousfaithandfreeintellectualinquiry.
BostonCollegedrawsinspirationforitsacademicsocietalmissionfromitsdistinctivereligioustradition.AsaCatholic
and Jesuit university, it isrooted ina world view thatencounters God inall creation andthroughall humanactivity,
especiallyinthesearchfortruthineverydiscipline,inthedesiretolearn,andinthecalltolivejustlytogether.Inthis
spirit, the University regards the contribution of different religious traditions and value systems as essential to the
fullnessofitsintellectuallifeandtothecontinuousdevelopmentofitsdistinctiveintellectualheritage.
CourseDescription
Thiscourseisanexplorationofdifferentsociologicalapproachestothestudyofsocialproblemsandsocialtrendsin
contemporarysociety.Itexaminesthelinkagesbetweensocialstructures/institutions,cultureandhumanexperience.
Thecourseemphasizestheoreticalresearchissues,especiallyhow,andtowhatdegree,theunderstandingofsocial
problemsareadirectresultoftheprocessesusedtodefinesocialproblemsaswellastheresearchmethodsand
proceduresusedtoinvestigatethem.Studentswilllearntocritiquepopulardiscoursesfromacriticalsociological
perspectiveandwillbeencouragedtoformtheirownopinionsandcritiques.
Textbooks&Readings(Required)
 Giddens,Anthony,MitchellDuneier,RichardP.Appelbaum,DeborahCarr.2013.IntroductiontoSociology
(SeagullNinthEdition).
 Sternheimer,Karen,2010.EverydaySociologyReader.W.W.NortonandCompany.
*Note:AllrequiredcoursematerialscanbepurchasedattheBCbookstore,andtheyareoncoursereservesatthe
O’Neilllibrary.Onlinematerialwillbeavailableattheonlinecoursereservespageorataseparatelinkprovidedinthe
syllabus.
Canvas
CanvasistheLearningManagementSystem(LMS)atBostonCollege,designedtohelpfacultyandstudentsshareideas,
collaborateonassignments,discusscoursereadingsandmaterials,submitassignments,andmuchmore‐allonline.As
aBostonCollegestudent,youshouldfamiliarizeyourselfwiththisimportanttool.Formoreinformationandtraining
resourcesforusingCanvas,clickhere.
CourseObjectives
1.Thiscourseaimstobringoutandnurtureyoursociologicalimaginationinunderstandingsocialproblems.The
sociologicalimaginationintendstoshowyoutherelationshipofyourpersonalbiographywiththesocialstructure,in
thesocio‐historicalcontextthatyouarelivingin.Itsuggeststhatthepersonalproblemswedealonadailybasishave
strongtiestothelargersocialissuesandthushavecausesandoriginsthatalsolieoutsidetheindividual.While
recognizingindividuals’agencyandemotions,sociologyarguesthatthesocialstructureandinstitutionsinfluencetheir
experiences,intermsofwhichproblemstheyfaceandtheirresourcesforsolutions.
2.Oneofthecentralaimsofthiscourseistochallengeyoutothinkmorecriticallyaboutyourpositioninsociety—
howyourbackground,class,gender,race,ethnicity,sexualorientation,andsooninfluenceyourgoals,beliefs,
experiences,andinteractionswithbothotherindividualsandsocialinstitutions.Thisquestioningwillinclude,butis
notlimitedto,criticalexaminationsof:howyoubenefitfromand/orareoppressedbyyoursociallocation;yourideas
offreedomandsocialjustice;yourvisionforyourselfandsocietyinthefuture;andthebestwaystorealizethatvision
consideringtheveryrealsocialconstraintsthatbindusall.Therefore,Iexpectyoutounderstandhowyoucanuse
sociologicaltoolstoanalyzeyourownapproachtotheworldandthesocialproblemsanddeterminehowyoucanact
mosteffectivelytocreatepersonalandsocialchange.
3.Oneofthemajorquestionsforsociologyisabouttheexistenceofuniversaltruthsandrules,especiallyinrelationto
humanbeliefs,valuesandbehaviorandthesocietiestheylivein.Inthiscourse,wewillbefocusingonunderstanding
wherethe“socialfacts”arecomingfrom,creatingtoday’sissuesinlinewiththeirevolution.Wewillbelooking
atsimilaritiesanddistinctionswithinandacrossgroups,understandinghowsocialproblemsareconstructed
inthissocietyandothers.InadditiontosocialproblemsinAmericansociety,especiallyinrelationtoinequalities
basedonclass,gender,race,ethnicity,sexualorientationandsoon,wewillalsostudyglobalproblems.
4.Throughourunderstandingofthesocialstructure,theconstructionofpowerandorganizationofinequality,wewill
focusonhowsocietieschangeovertimeandwheretheymightbeheadedinthefuture.Bydiscussingmajor
theoreticalperspectivesandparadigmsinsociology,andsocialscientificstudiesonvarioussocialproblems,
wewillreviewpotentialsolutions.Moreover,wewillfocusonhowtheInternetandotherrecenttechnologies
changeourexperiences,especiallyinrelationtocivicengagement,activismandsocialmovementsassuggested
solutionstosocialproblems.Aswewillbeconsideringperspectivesthatmaynotbefamiliartoyouandwillbe
discussingsensitivesubjectmatter,Iaskthatyoualwaystreatyourfellowclassmateswithrespectandcompassion,
focusingyourcriticalcommentsonstudents’arguments—neveronthestudentsthemselves.
Grading
 Attendance/ClassParticipation20%
 SociologicalAutobiography20%(3pages,typed,double‐spaced,12‐pointfont)–Instructionswillbe
distributedlaterinthesemester.
 MidtermPaper30%(5pages,typed,double‐spaced,12‐pointfont)–Instructionswillbedistributedlaterin
thesemester.
 FinalExam30%(In‐class)
TheundergraduategradingsystemforSummerSessionisasfollows:
A(4.00)
A‐(3.67)
B+(3.33)
B(3.00)
B‐(2.67)
C+(2.33)
C(2.00)
C‐(l.67)
D+(l.33)
D(l.00)
D‐(.67)
F(.00)
AllstudentscanaccessfinalgradesthroughAgoraafterthegradingdeadlineeachsemester.Transcriptsareavailable
throughtheOfficeofStudentServices.
DeadlinesandLateWork
Theuniversityrequiresthatmake‐upexamsbegivenonlyinexceptionalcircumstances.TheymaybenegotiatedONLY
intheeventofanexcusedabsenceconstitutedby:(1)anEMERGENCY,definedasadeathinthefamilyoracontagious/
incapacitatingillness,or(2)anout‐of‐townsportseventforplayers.Insuchcases,youwillneedtoproduceanotefrom
UniversityHealthServices,yourdean,oryourcoach.Ifyoubelieveyoumayhaveinfluenza,youareespecially
encouragedtoseekanexcusedabsenceasverifiedbyUniversityHealthServices.
Exceptforthecircumstancesabove,allworkturnedinlaterthanthedeadlinewillbegradedas“latework.”Oneletter
gradewillbetakenoffofyouroriginalgradeforeachdaythattheassignmentisturnedinlate.(e.g.ifyourgradefora
paperisB+,youwillbegettingaBforapaperthatisonedaylateandB‐forapaperthatistwodayslateetc.)
*Theinstructorreservestherighttograntextensionsundercircumstancesthatarenotforeseenhere,basedon
individualdiscussionswiththestudents.
CourseAssignments
Itisexpectedthatyouwillspend15hoursperweekonout‐of‐classassignmentsandexercises.Thesearelistedbelow.
Pleasenotethatsomeweekswillrequiremoretimeandsomeweekslesstimebuttheaverageisapproximately15
hoursperweekoverthesemester.
CourseSchedule
*Thiscoursescheduleisintendedasaguideline.Theactualassignmentandreadingduedatesmightchangedepending
ontheinnerdynamicsoftheclass.
Date/Week
Topic
Reading/Assignments
DueDate
WeekOne:
Introduction,
Giddensetal.,Ch.1“WhatisSociology?”
Wednesday,
Wednesday,May18
SociologicalImaginationand May18
Friday,May20
Methodology
Sternheimer,Ch.1“ThinkingSociologicallyandDoingSociology”
(make‐upclassforMonday,
1. TheSociologicalPerspective:C.WRIGHTMILLS,ThePromise
May16)
Giddensetal.,Ch.2“AskingandAnsweringSociologicalQuestions”
Sternheimer,Ch.1“ThinkingSociologicallyandDoingSociology”
1. ResearchQuestions:JANICEPRINCEINNISS,MatchingResearchMethods
toResearchQuestions
Zimbardo,PhilipG.,CraigHaneyandW.CurtisBanks“InterpersonalDynamicsin
SimulatedPrison”pp.43‐52inMappingtheSocialLandscapeeditedbySusanJ.
Ferguson.2008.NewYork,NY:McGraw‐Hill.(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Meyer,Philip.“IfHitlerAskedYoutoElectrocuteAStranger,WouldYou?”
(availableonlineat
http://www.unc.edu/~pmeyer/General_Publications/Hitler.pdf)
Duneier,Mitchell.“Sidewalk”pp.53‐62inMappingtheSocialLandscapeeditedby
SusanJ.Ferguson.2008.NewYork,NY:McGraw‐Hill.(availableonlineatcourse
reserves)
WeekOne:
Identity,Socialization
Giddensetal.,Ch.4“SocializationandLifeCycle”
Friday,
Wednesday,May18
andSocialInteraction
May20
riday,May20(make‐upclass
Sternheimer,Ch.3“SelfandInteraction”
forMonday,May16)
1. BreachingNorms:BRADLEYWRIGHT,GroceryShopping,Ordering
Whoppers,andBorat
Giddensetal.,Ch.5“SocialInteractionandtheInternet”
Sternheimer,Ch.3“SelfandInteraction”
2. ThePublicSelf:ERVINGGOFFMAN,ImpressionManagement
3. IdentityandValue:BRADLEYWRIGHT,RomanticExchanges
Rosenbloom,Stephanie.“PuttingYourBestCyberfaceForward”(availableonline
at
WeekTwo:
Monday,May23
Wednesday,May25
Culture,Subcultureand
Consumption
WeekTwo:
Monday,May23
Wednesday,May25
Class
WeekThree:
Monday,May30
Wednesday,June1
WeekThree:
Monday,May30
Wednesday,June1
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/fashion/03impression.html?pagewanted
=print&_r=0)
Dholakiya,Pratik.“IsSocialInteractionontheInternetaGoodIdea?”(available
onlineathttp://inspirationfeed.com/articles/business/is‐social‐interaction‐on‐
the‐internet‐a‐good‐idea/)
Giddensetal.,Ch.3“CultureandSociety”
Monday,
May23
Bourdieu,Pierre.“Theformsofcapital”pp.241‐258inHandbookofTheoryand
ResearchfortheSociologyofEducationeditedbyJ.Richardson.1986.NewYork:
Greenwood.(availableonlineat
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/bourdieu‐
forms‐capital.htm)
Thornton,Sarah.1996.“Introduction”inClubCultures:Music,Mediaand
SubculturalCapital.(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Hebdige,Dick.1979.Subculture,TheMeaningofStyle.London:Methuen,1979.Pp
47‐70.
Sternheimer,Ch.2“Culture,Consumption,andMedia”
1. Consumption:THORSTEINVEBLEN,ConspicuousConsumption
2. Lifestyle:JULIETB.SCHOR,TheVisibleLifestyle:AmericanSymbolsof
Status
Wright,Bradley.“ConspicuousconsumptionandyouriPhone”(availableonlineat
http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2008/09/conspicuous‐con.html)
Giddensetal.,Ch.8,Stratification,ClassandInequality
Wednesday,
May23
Domhoff,William.“Chapter1:ClassandPowerinAmerica”pp.1‐21inWhoRules
America?,SixthEdition.Boston,MA:McGrawHill.2010.(availableonlineat
coursereserves)
Sternheimer,Ch.6“Stratification”
1. AmericanClassStructure:ROBERTPERRUCCIandEARLWYSONG,Class
inAmerica
2. TheIntersectionofClassandRace:JANICEPRINCEINNISS,ClassandRace
Shapiro,Thomas.“TheHiddenCostofBeingAfricanAmerican:HowWealth
PerpetuatesInequality”pp.280‐291inMappingtheSocialLandscapeed.BySusan
.Ferguson,Boston:McGrawHill(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Ehrenreich,Barbara.“Nickel‐and‐Dimed:On(Not)GettingByinAmerica”pp.292‐
305inMappingtheSocialLandscapeed.BySusanJ.Ferguson,Boston:McGrawHill
(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
NoClass– MemorialDay– Monday,May30
Gender,Race/Ethnicity
Giddensetal.,Ch.10“GenderInequality”
Wednesday,
June1
Steinem,Gloria.“IfMenCouldMenstruate”inMs.Magazine.1978.(availableonline
athttp://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/steinem.menstruate.html)
Giddensetal.,Ch.18“SociologyofBody”(Section1,3:exceptfor“GlobalHealth
Inequalities”,4)
Sternheimer,Ch.7“GenderandSexuality”
1. GenderasPerformance:CANDACEWESTandDONH.ZIMMERMAN,
DoingGender
2. PerformingMasculinity:KRISTENBARBER,TheWell‐CoiffedMan:Class,
Race,andHeterosexualMasculinityintheHairSalon
Giddensetal.,Ch.11“EthnicityandRace”
Sternheimer,Ch.8“RaceandEthnicity”
1. ConstructingRace:MICHAELOMIandHOWARDWINANT,Racial
2.
WeekFour:
Monday,June6
Wednesday,June8
WeekFour:
Monday,June6
Wednesday,June8
Formation,fromRacialFormationintheUnitedStates
RacialIdentity:JANICEPRINCEINNISS,BlackandWhiteorRainbow
Colors:TigerWoodsandthe‘OneDropRule’
DuBois,W.E.B.“ChapterI.OfOurSpiritualStrivings”inTheSoulsofBlackFolk
(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Bonilla‐Silva,Eduardo.“’NewRacism,’Color‐BlindRacism,andtheFutureof
WhitenessinAmerica”pp.359‐373inMappingtheSocialLandscapeeditedby
SusanJ.Ferguson.2008.NewYork,NY:McGraw‐Hill.(availableonlineatcourse
reserves)
Sternheimer,Ch.8“RaceandEthnicity”
RaceRelations:C.N.LE,RacialTensionsandLivinginaColorblindSociety
SocialInstitutions:Work, Giddensetal.,Ch.14“WorkandEconomicLife”
Monday,
Family
June6
Sternheimer,Ch.9“SocialInstitutions”
1. WorkandtheEconomy:BARBARAEHRENREICH,White‐collar
DownwardMobility
2. WorkandSocialNetworks:BRADLEYWRIGHT,GettingaJob:WeakSocial
TiesandOnlineConnections
Giddensetal.,Ch.6“GroupsandModernOrganizations”
Sternheimer,Ch.4“Community,Organizations,andSocialGroups”
1. Organizations:MAXWEBER,Bureaucracy
OrganizationalFailure:JANICEPRINCEINNISS,Bureaucracy:ResistancetoChange
andAdaptation
Giddensetal.,Ch.13“Government,PoliticalPowerandSocialMovements”
Domhoff,William.“TheClass‐DominationTheoryofPower”.2005.(available
onlineat
http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/class_domination.html)
Giddensetal.,Ch.15“FamilyandIntimateRelations”
Sternheimer,Ch.9“SocialInstitutions”
1. FamiliesandWork:ARLIERUSSELLHOCHSCHILD,TheOverextended
Family
2. ChildCare:JANICEPRINCEINNISS,WhoCaresforAmerica’sBabies?
SocialInstitutions:Religion, Giddensetal.,Ch.17“ReligioninModernSociety”
Wednesday,
Education
June8
Sternheimer,Karen.“CivilReligion”(availableonlineat
http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2012/06/civil‐religion.html)
Burke,Jason.“Terror:afterParis,TunisiaandCalifornia,canwestopit
spreading?”(availableonlineathttp://www.theguardian.com/uk‐
news/2015/dec/26/2015‐year‐terror‐paris‐tunisia‐california)
Yourish,Arenetal.“RecentAttacksDemonstrateIslamicState’sAbilitytoBoth
InspireandCoordinateTerror”(availableonlineat
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/17/world/middleeast/map‐isis‐
attacks‐around‐the‐world.html?_r=0)
“MuslimsinAmerica”(availableonlineathttp://contexts.org/articles/muslims‐in‐
america/)
Bail,Christopher.“HowfringeattacksonAmericanMuslimsbecamemainstream”
(availableonlineathttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey‐
cage/wp/2015/12/03/how‐fringe‐attacks‐on‐american‐muslims‐became‐
mainstream/)
Zakaria,Rafia“Theone‐dimensionalMuslim”(availableonlineat
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/8/the‐one‐dimensional‐
muslim.html#)
WeekFive:
Monday,June13
Wednesday,June15
WeekFive:
Monday,June13
Wednesday,June15
WeekSix:
Monday,June20
Wednesday,June22
Giddensetal.,Ch.16“EducationandMassMedia”
Sternheimer,Ch.9“SocialInstitutions”
1. EducationandInequality:JONATHANKOZOL,HittingThemHardest
WhenThey'reSmall
Freire,Paulo.“Chapter2”pp.71‐86inPedagogyoftheOppressed.2005.NewYork,
Ny:ContinuumInternationalPublishingGroup.(availableonlineatcourse
reserves)
DevianceandSocialControl Giddensetal.,Ch.7“Conformity,DevianceandCrime”(Sections:Intro,1,2,4‐
Monday,
skipSection3)
June13
Pfohl,Stephen.“TheDemonicPerspective:OtherworldlyInterpretationsof
Deviance”pp.22‐24,28‐43inImagesofDevianceandSocialControl.1994.Long
Grove,IL:WavelandPress.(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Pfohl,Stephen."TheClassicalPerspective:DevianceasRationalHedonism"pp.63‐
92inImagesofDevianceandSocialControl.1994.LongGrove,IL:WavelandPress.
(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
JeffreyReimanandPaulLeighton,TheRichGetRicherandthePoorGetPrison:
Ideology,Class,andCriminalJustice,NinthEdition.Boston:Pearson,2010,
“Introduction:CriminalJusticethroughtheLookingGlass,orWinningbyLosing”
(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
PaulButler,“SafetyFirst:WhyMassIncarcerationMatters,”inLet’sGetFree:AHip
HopTheoryofJustice,NewYork:TheNewPress,2009,pp.23‐40.(availableonline
atcoursereserves)
Pfohl,Stephen.“ThePathologicalPerspective:DevianceasSickness”pp.104‐107,
136‐154inImagesofDevianceandSocialControl.1994.LongGrove,IL:Waveland
Press.(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Watters,Ethan.“TheAmericanizationofMentalIllness,”(availableonlineat
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche‐
t.html?pagewanted=all)
GlobalInequality
Giddensetal.,Ch.9“GlobalInequality”
Wednesday,
June15
Giddensetal.,Ch.19“Urbanization,PopulationandEnvironment”(Intro,Section
1,Section2:“SaskiaSassenandGlobalCities,Section3:Startingfrom
“UrbanizationintheGlobalSouth)
Giddensetal.,Ch.20“GlobalizationinaChangingWorld”(Section1,2,3:
“InformationFlows”,4)
Golash‐Boza,Tanya.2011.“Ch.5TheImmigrationIndustrialComplex”in
ImmigrationNation:Raids,DetentionsandDeportationsinPost‐9/11America.
ParadigmPublishers(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
“ClimateChangeSeenasThreattoU.S.Security”byJohnM.Broder(available
onlineat
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/science/earth/09climate.html?pagewant
ed=all)
CivicEngagement,
Monday,
ctivismandSocialMovements
June20
1. DecliningCivicEngagement:ROBERTPUTNAM,CivicParticipation
2. IncreasingCivicEngagement:SALLYRASKOFF,BeyondBowlingAlone
Essig,Kate.“ActivismOrSlacktivism?HowSocialMediaHurtsAndHelpsStudent
Activism”(availableonlineathttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/activism‐or‐
slacktivism‐how‐social‐media‐hurts‐and‐helps‐student‐activism)
TIME’s“PersonoftheYearIntroduction”(availableonlineat
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102
139,00.html)
TIME’s“TheProtester”(availableonlineat
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/printout/0,29239,2101745_21
WeekSix:
Monday,June20
Wednesday,June22
02132_2102373,00.html)
Giddensetal.,Ch.13(thesectiononSocialMovements‐startingwiththesection
titled"PoliticalandSocialChangeThroughSocialMovements"untilthetitle
"NationalistMovements")
Castells,Manuel.“Opening:NetworkingMinds,CreatingMeaning,Contesting
Power”pp1‐20inNetworksofOutrageandHope:SocialMovementsintheInternet
Age.2012.Malden,MA:PolityPress.(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
Castells,Manuel.“ChangingtheWorldintheNetworkSociety”pp218‐234in
NetworksofOutrageandHope:SocialMovementsintheInternetAge.2012.Malden,
MA:PolityPress.(availableonlineatcoursereserves)
FINALEXAM
Wednesday,
June22
WrittenWork
Goodwritingiscriticalinallacademicdisciplinesandwrittenassignmentswillbeanessentialcomponentofthisclass.
Onyourassignments,youwillbecompelledtouseyour“sociologicalimagination”inessays.Thewritingcomponent
willhelpyoudevelopcriticalthinkingskillsandtoengagetheworldsociologically.Iwillaimtoprovideyouwith
feedbackthatwillhelpyouimprovethestructure,clarity,andimpactofyourarguments.
SummerSessionstudentsareexpectedtoprepareprofessional,polishedwrittenwork.Writtenmaterialsmustbe
typedandsubmittedintheformatrequiredbyyourinstructor.Striveforathoroughyetconcisestyle.Citeliterature
appropriately,usingAPAstyleperyourinstructor’srequirements.Developyourthoughtsfully,clearly,logicallyand
specifically.Proofreadallmaterialstoensuretheuseofpropergrammar,punctuationandspelling.Forwriting
support,pleasecontacttheConnorsFamilyLearningCenter.
Attendance
Classattendanceisobligatoryanditispartofyourparticipationgrade.Theclassformatislectureanddiscussionbased.
Youshouldprepareforclassdiscussionbycarefullyreadingandwritingnotes/outlinesontheassignedreadingsbefore
comingtoclass.Itisveryimportantthatyoureadtheassignedmaterialforeachclass,asyouwillhaveahardtime
followingthelectureandthediscussionifyoudonot.Classparticipationencompassesattendanceandqualityof
interactionwiththeclass.Highqualityparticipationincludeslisteningcarefullyandrespondingthoughtfullyand
respectfullytoothers’ideas,aswellasexpressingyourideasand/orquestionsaboutcoursecontentinclass.
Attendingclassisanimportantcomponentoflearning.Studentsareexpectedtoattendallclasssessions.When
circumstancespreventastudentfromattendingclass,thestudentisresponsibleforcontactingtheinstructorbeforethe
classmeets.Studentswhomissclassarestillexpectedtocompleteallassignmentsandmeetalldeadlines.Ifyoumiss
class,youcannotmakeupparticipationpointsassociatedwiththatclass.Makeupworkmaybeassignedatthe
discretionoftheinstructor.Ifcircumstancesnecessitateexcessiveabsencefromclass,thestudentshouldconsider
withdrawingfromtheclass.
ConsistentwithBC’scommitmenttocreatingalearningenvironmentthatisrespectfulofpersonsofdiffering
backgrounds,webelievethateveryreasonableeffortshouldbemadetoallowmembersoftheuniversitycommunityto
observetheirreligiousholidayswithoutjeopardizingtheiracademicstatus.Studentsareresponsibleforreviewing
coursesyllabiassoonaspossible,andforcommunicatingwiththeinstructorpromptlyregardinganypossibleconflicts
withobservedreligiousholidays.Studentsareresponsibleforcompletingallclassrequirementsfordaysmisseddueto
conflictswithreligiousholidays.
AccommodationandAccessibility
BostonCollegeiscommittedtoprovidingaccommodationstostudents,faculty,staffandvisitorswithdisabilities.
SpecificdocumentationfromtheappropriateofficeisrequiredforstudentsseekingaccommodationinSummerSession
courses.Advancednoticeandformalregistrationwiththeappropriateofficeisrequiredtofacilitatethisprocess.There
aretwoseparateofficesatBCthatcoordinateservicesforstudentswithdisabilities:
● TheConnorsFamilyLearningCenter(CFLC)coordinatesservicesforstudentswithLDandADHD.
● TheDisabilitiesServicesOffice(DSO)coordinatesservicesforallotherdisabilities.
FindoutmoreaboutBC’scommitmenttoaccessibilityatwww.bc.edu/sites/accessibility.
ScholarshipandAcademicIntegrity
StudentsinSummerSessioncoursesmustproduceoriginalworkandcitereferencesappropriately.Failuretocite
referencesisplagiarism.Academicdishonestyincludes,butisnotnecessarilylimitedto,plagiarism,fabrication,
facilitatingacademicdishonesty,cheatingonexamsorassignments,orsubmittingthesamematerialorsubstantially
similarmaterialtomeettherequirementsofmorethanonecoursewithoutseekingpermissionofallinstructors
concerned.Scholasticmisconductmayalsoinvolve,butisnotnecessarilylimitedto,actsthatviolatetherightsofother
students,suchasdeprivinganotherstudentofcoursematerialsorinterferingwithanotherstudent’swork.Pleasesee
theBostonCollegepolicyonacademicintegrityformoreinformation.
Ifyouhaveanyquestionspertainingtotheacademicintegrityguidelines,pleasecomeandtalktomeforclarification.If
youarecaughtviolatingBostonCollege’spoliciesonacademicintegrity,youwillreceiveafailinggradeforthe
assignmentandtheappropriateDeanwillbenotifiedinaccordancetotherulessetforthbyBostonCollege.
TheClassroomasaSafeSpace/Ally
Pleasenote:Thiscourseisawelcoming,supportiveandsafeenvironmentforlesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,
transsexual,queer,andquestioning(LGBTQ)students.