Course Requirement and Grades

Course Requirement and Grades

Required readings

• Introduction to Sociology 2e – OpenStax
  • This textbook is an OER material (free)! Please click to have access to it.
• Supplementary readings will be available on our course site and Blackboard.

How will this class work?

Please see the FAQs.

Grades

• Final letter grades will be computed as follows:
  • Midterm and final exams: 25%*2 = 50%
  • Neighborhood project: Learning about our local community
    • Farmers market: 8%
    • Local grocery store: 8%
  • Movie Reviews (one page): 5%*2=10%
  • Class participation & attendance: 15% (weekly assignments)
• Grade Scale and Letter Grade

A	93-100	B	83-86.9	C	70-76.9
A-	90-92.9	B-	80-82.9	D	60-69.9
B+	87-89.9	C+	77-79.9	F	0- 59.9

Important deadlines (Mark your calendar!)

ADD IMPORTANT DEADLINES HERE

Weekly assignments  

Discussion board posts: Students will participate in class discussions through discussion board posts on Blackboard each week. Each student is assigned into a group with 5-6 members; and s/he will make comments on other students’ posts or comments. Click your group only. Discussion board posts must be posted to the Blackboard discussion board by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. EST.

See the policy on late work on page 3.

Mid-term and final exams

There are mid-term and final exams. They will consist of short-answer problems such as explaining concepts or comparing two concepts; and two essays. Both exams will be post on Blackboard at 9:00 am and you will work on them for 15 hours and submit them on Blackboard. Students often think that having 15 hours will be long enough, but it is not always true. Please mark your calendar and be prepared. In order to be fully prepared for exams, you will have to complete all the weekly assignments, including lecture video watching!

If students cannot be online for an exam with any urgent reasons, they should inform me before the exam. But in order to take make-up exam, students will need to show documentation (e.g. doctor’s note) as proof. For students with unexcused absence on an exam day, make-up exams will not be given. Note that no make-up exam will be offered after the final exam. (NO EXCEPTION)

Individual project (or writing assignment)

Please see the links.

Neighborhood Project

• • The Farmers Market Project
  • The Local Grocery Store Project

Note: Please read this page very carefully, before you start drafting your assignments.

Movie Reviews 

We will watch two movies/documentaries and they will be available online via Kanopy: Consuming Kids and My Brooklyn. You will log in with your CUNY First ID and Password. Each student is required to write one page-long movie reviews (double-spaced). Do the work and get credits!

• • What to include?
    • Choose one sociological term that we discuss in class and write your thoughts and opinions. Show your sociological imagination and analysis.
    • Do not summarize the contents of the documentaries.
  • Format! (Don’t write your assignments in your phone)
    • Typed, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins.
  • How to submit short writing assignments?
    • Go to Blackboard→ SOC 1101 → Writing Assignments → Movie Review