Socio 101: Introduction to Sociology
Course Map Spring 2013
Please Note:
Readings are listed for the week/ I propose to discuss them. In order to be prepared for
class discussion, you should actually read the material the week/weekend before the
assigned reading is due.
Writing Assignments Please wait for specific instructions before beginning the research
paper assignment. You will need to create your document in word and print out a copy to
bring to class on the due date. Papers will be submitted to turnitin.com.
Late papers will not be accepted. The turnitin site will not allow you to submit a paper
after the posted deadline. You may not email your paper to me, you may not slip your
paper under my office door, and you may not have another student hand in your work.
Papers will be collected at the beginning of class. If you are not there for the paper
collection process, your paper is considered late and will not be accepted.
NOTE: This Course Map is subject to change at the discretion of the Instructor.
Week 1: 01/14 If you do not already have your textbook, you need to use this week to
/accomplish that task. You should begin reading Chapter 1 for next
week’s class.
1st Class Session (Tues)
2nd Class Session (Thurs)
Establishing Expectations
Administrative tasks
RollCall
Review Syllabus
Thinking Sociologically: The Sociological
Imagination
Reading/Handout: Thinking Critically and
The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright
Mills
Week 2: 01/21
Text Reading - Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective, pp. 2-33.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
(Monday Classes Do Not Meet-MLK
Day)
The Science of Sociology
Origins of Sociology
Socio 101: Introduction to Sociology
Course Map Spring 2013
Week 3: 01/28 Text Reading - Chapter 2: Culture, pp. 35-57.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Culture as an organizing principle: What it
takes to belong to a group
Week 4: 02/04 Text Reading: Chapter 3: Socialization, pp. 59-83.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
How we become “human”
Week 5: 02/11 Text Reading: Chapter 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction pp.
85-113; Chapter 5: Social Groups and Formal Organizations, pp. 115-139.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Living and working in an “organized
world”
Week 6: 02/18 No new reading/ you should be reviewing for the exam this week.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Begin Research Paper Process
EXAM 1: Chaps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Week 7: 02/25 Text Reading – Chapter 6: Deviance and Social Control, pp. 141169.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Why we conform/Why we don’t
Breaking the law
Socio 101: Introduction to Sociology
Course Map Spring 2013
Week 8: 03/04 Text Reading - Chapter 7: Global Stratification, pp. 171-195;
Chapter 8: Social Class in the United States, pp. 197-223.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Who gets ahead who gets left behind. . .
Week 9: 03/11 Text Reading - Chapter 9: Race and Ethnicity pp. 225-259.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
The colors of life
Week 10: 03/18 Text Reading - Chapter 10: Gender and Age, pp. 261-295.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Why can’t a woman be more like a man!
Week 11: 03/25 No new reading. You should be preparing for the exam this week.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Catch-up. . .
EXAM 2: Chaps 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Week 12: 04/01 Text Reading: Chapter 11: Politics and the Economy, pp. 297-327.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Power and the 1%: How it all fits
RESEACH PAPERS DUE
Week 13: 04/08 Text Reading - Chapter 12: Marriage and Family pp. 329-357
1st Class Session
Seeking happiness in an unhappy world
2nd Class Session
Socio 101: Introduction to Sociology
Course Map Spring 2013
Week 14: 04/15 Text Reading - Chapter 13: Education and Religion, pp. 359-391.
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
How to have a chance
Where is God? And what does that have to
do with Science?
Week 15: 04/22 Text Reading – Chapter 15: Social Change and the Environment,
pp. 425-451
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
Where do we go from here?
What will be left for the future?
Week 16: 04/29 Congratulations! You made it to finals week! Study as hard for
your final exam!
1st Class Session
2nd Class Session
MW Class: Final Exam Tuesday, April
30, 7:00am-9:50am. Please Note the
Time Change and be On-time!
TTH 11:10 Class: Final Exam Thursday,
May 2, 10:00am-12:50pm. Please Note
the Time Change and be On-time!
TTH 11:10 class does not meet.
TTH 8:00am class does not meet.