SIS #: 76101 Credits: 3 Section #: 01 Time: MWF 12:00pm-12:50pm Place: Room 243

Instructor:	Juchuan Colin Wang	Office Phone:	715-261-6267
Office Number:	North Hall 318	Email:	cwang@uwc.edu
Office Hours:	Mon. Wed. 2:30-4pm; or by appointment	URL:	Under Construction

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce what interests sociologists, how they go about finding the answers, and to help account for the contributions they make to what we know about ourselves and our lives together.

Textbook: Stark, Rodney. 2001. Sociology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodations of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Student Services for individual planning and present Documentation for me to arrange accommodations as soon as possible (not later than the first exam date).

Grading (altogether: 200 points)

10 Quizzes (pop quizzes): 50 points

Most are multiple-choice questions, 5 each time.

A few may be take home assignments.

25% of the final grade

Note: 2 points will be deducted from your quiz if you leave class after the quiz.

2 Exams: 120 Points

60 points in each exam (50 point multiple choice questions and 10 point short answer questions).

The exams will cover both the textbook and CLASS LECTURES.

60% of the final grade

One 5-8 page Essay: 30 points

Due on the last class before final exam.

15% of the final grade

Make-up Exam and Quiz Policies

Makeup exams or quizzes will be given only for documented excused absences. The student must make up the exam or quiz WITHIN ONE WEEK from the last date of the excused absence. You have to take the makeup exam or quiz during my office hours. Otherwise, a grade of zero will be assigned.

Course Schedule

1/22-29 Chapter 1 Groups and Relationships: A Sociological Sampler

Video: Quiet Rage

1/31-2/5 Testing Sociological Ideas

Readings: Pp. 13; 22-23; 80-92; 98-109.

2/7-12 Traditions of Sociological Thought

Readings: Chapters 2, 3, 4

2/14-21 Chapter 6 Socialization and the Self

2/24-3/5 Deviance and Conformity

Reading: Chapters 7 and 8

March 7 (Friday): First Exam

3/10-14 Social Inequality (1)

Reading: Chapter 9 and Video: Roger and Me

March 17-21: Spring Break!

3/24-26 Social Inequality (2)

Reading: Chapter 10 and Video: If the Economy is so good, why do I feel so bad?

3/28-4/9 Chapter 11 Racial and Ethnic Stratification

4/11-16 Chapter 12 Gender Stratification

Video: A Fairer Sex?

4/18-25 Chapter 13 The Family

Video: Let’s Get Married

4/28-5/2 Chapter 14 Religion

5/5-9 Chapter 20 The Organizational Age

Final Exam: May16 (Friday) 1:00- 3:00 pm (Same Place)