Intro to Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology
HSP3U Grade 11 University Preparation
Winter 2015
Teacher: Mrs. Overgaard
Email: movergaard@ugdsb.on.ca
Voice Mail Extension: 688
The Big Idea
An exploration of how human beings behave in the many situations and stages of life
from the perspective of anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists.
Course Description
This course introduces the theories, questions, and issues that are the major concerns of
anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Students will develop an understanding of the way
social scientists approach the topics they study and the research methods they employ.
Students will be given opportunities to explore theories from a variety of perspectives and to
become familiar with current thinking on a range of issues that have captured the interest of
classical and contemporary social scientists in the three disciplines.
Essential Questions
1. Why do individuals behave differently?
2. What factors influence the socialization of
an individual?
3. What patterns are evident in individual
and group behaviour?
Learning Outcomes
This course engages students in the study of humanity from the perspective of three of the
social sciences: anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Students have the opportunity to
reflect on their own personal development, issues of mental health and well-being, social
influences on behaviour, the impact of social institutions on their lives, and the challenges facing
human cultures. This course helps students find meaning in the world around them and to
understand their own relationship to the world. Through practical applications, discussions,
debates, research, inquiry, and reflection, this course helps students become self-motivated,
creative, and critical problem-solvers.
This is a University Preparation course with prerequisites and includes content that is
relevant for both university programs and related careers. This course is designed to equip
students with the knowledge and skills they need to meet the entrance requirements for
specific university programs. Teaching and learning emphasize the development of both
independent research & inquiry skills and independent learning skills. Social science courses
give students essential knowledge and transferable skills that are applicable in various areas of
their lives, including their post-secondary studies and in the workplace.
Literacy & Numeracy Focus
This course will focus on: paragraph and hypothesis construction, formal APA research report techniques,
writing skills, reading for information, research, analysis, finding the main idea, thesis, using primary and
secondary sources, examining trends, and reading graphs and charts.
Evaluation
Students must complete all course summative assignments.
Summative assignments are linked to a number of curriculum
expectations. An incomplete summative assignment will result in
a student not achieving the credit as the student will not be able to
demonstrate those curriculum expectations.
Summative Assessment
70%
This section includes submission of written assignments, critical
thinking research, media & the social sciences, tests, quizzes,
literature analysis, inquiry project phases.
Knowledge and Understanding
25%
Thinking and Inquiry
25%
Communication
25%
Application
25%
Culminating Assessment
30%
This section includes a culminating project and a final exam.
Social Science Inquiry Presentation
15%
Final Exam
15%
Attendance, Late Assignments, and Missed Evaluations
Attendance and Lates
The ODSS Attendance Policy will be enforced for this program. Students are expected to be in class daily and
on time. If a student arrives after the bell to begin class, s/he will be considered to be late and will be marked
late (regardless of the reason). If a student misses a substantial amount of class time (i.e. ½ the class) with no
note and/or a reasonable explanation, that student will be considered to have had an unauthorized absence
from that class. Possible consequences for being late to class or for unauthorized absences are listed below.
Mrs. Overgaard will issue consequences at her discretion, including the following:
 detention
 other appropriate consequences
 phone call home by teacher
 referral to the Vice-Principal
Missed Tests
It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements, ahead of time, for any tests/quizzes that are missed. If
a student misses a test/quiz for an unforeseen reason such as illness, the student must bring a note signed by
a parent and be prepared to write the test/quiz upon return to school at a time determined by the teacher.
Friday quizzes cannot be rewritten.
Late Assignments
It is the expectation that all assignments be completed and submitted on time; however, it is understood that
in addition to school, many students have part-time jobs, clubs, teams, and other extracurricular activities.
Students may receive an extension for any one assignment in the course by completing the attached extension
form and submitting it to Mrs. Overgaard at least 48 hours before the assignment is due – no questions asked.
No extensions will be granted for culminating assignments!
Assignments that arrive late without an extension form will be subject to 15% deducted marks after first day.
Name: ___________________________
Project: __________________________
Original Due Date:_________________
Requested Due Date:________________
Signed: ___________________________