St. Francis Xavier University
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology – 2011-12
Dr. John Phyne
Annex 110A
Phone: 867-2313 e-mail (jphyne@stfx.ca)
Outline for Test Two
Date : Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Evaluation : 12.5% of your final grade.
Format : Three essay questions worth 50 marks each. All students must complete question 1. You have a choice of answering question 2 or 3.
Requirements: The examination will cover class lectures up to, and including, the class on Thursday, November 3, 2011. Your performance on the examination will be based on your ability to combine materials from class lectures and the following required readings:
Socialization
New Society William Shaffir and Michael Rosenberg, ‘Chapter
Three: Socialization’, pp. 48-72.
Society in Question Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., et al. ‘Chapter 4: Growing Up is Harder to Do’, pp. 45-54.
Media
New Society
Graham Knight and Josh Greenberg, ‘Chapter Five: The Mass
Media’, pp. 97-119.
Society in Question
Barry Wellman, ‘Chapter 8: Connecting Communities: On and
Offline’, pp.76-85.
John L. McMullan, ‘Chapter 24: News, Truth, and the Problem of
Corporate Crime’, pp. 303-316.
4. Religion
New Society Reginald W. Bibby, ‘Chapter Thirteen: Religion’, pp. 309-334.