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Syllabus—Carroll Bridgewater State College _____________________________________________________________________________________________ check the CCAG web page (http://www.bridgew.edu/DEPTS/AffActn/CCAG.htm). One especially valuable opportunity will occur on Wednesday, October 18. Dr. Bill Levin, Professor of Sociology here at Bridgewater State, will speak on stereotypes and the elderly (12:30-1:30 PM, One Park Avenue, Rondileau Campus Center). There may be other opportunities in addition to the CCAG programs. • Many of the topics we will cover show up in the news. During the semester you may bring in up to four newspaper news articles related to topics being discussed. You may bring only one article for each topic. At the beginning of class let me know if you have an article and then explain the article and its relevance to the class. After class hand in the article. Make sure your name, the newspaper name, date, and page are on the article. These should be substantial articles, and, again, should be news articles. I will give you one additional point for each article. • There are numerous charts, figures, and tables in the text (Social Problems). Although the text was published in 2000, much of the data on which the charts, figures, and tables are based dates back several years. You may bring in updated versions of up to four of the charts, figures, or tables. I will give you one point of extra credit for each. Note that you may receive a maximum of five additional points for any combination of newspaper articles and updated data. 6. Course Web Page: An expanded version of this syllabus is available on my web page (http://webhost.bridgew.edu/wcarroll). There is also a web page for the textbook that includes links to the web sites listed in the book. (http://webhost.bridgew.edu/wcarroll/socialproblems.htm). 7. Disability Services at Bridgewater State College: Bridgewater State College is committed to making its facilities, services, and programs accessible to all students and toward that end is in compliance with section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. If a student has a documented disability, and, as a result, needs a reasonable accommodation to attend, participate, or complete course requirements then he or she should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. For further information about Bridgewater State College services for students with disabilities, please contact the Disability Services in Room 106 of Boyden Hall. Appointments may be scheduled by calling (508) 531-1276 or (508) 531-1384 TTD. GRADING AND ASSIGNMENTS Grading Component Percentage of Grade Date Exam 1 20 October 4 Exam 2 20 November 8 Final Exam 30 December 18 (11:00 AM-1:00 PM) Class Participation 10 Assignments 20 Listed in Course Schedule • Exams: Exams 1 and 2 will include multiple choice and short answer questions. The final exam will also include essay questions, and will be cumulative. The exams will draw equally on your readings, on material discussed in class, and on your workbook assignments. I do not grade on a curve. • Class Participation: This grade will be based on attendance, intelligent and informed classroom discussion, and your participation in small groups. In some of these group discussions you will work on assignments from Analyzing Contemporary Social Issues (ACSI). • Assignments: Most weeks you will do a data analysis exercise from ACSI. I collect all of these exercises, but will grade only four of them. You should do all of them. Some exam questions will be based on graded or nongraded assignments. Much of our class discussion will be based on these data analysis assignments. No prior knowledge of computers or statistics is assumed for these. I will teach you what you need to know. Most of Carter’s chapters include two or three assignments. You will usually do only one. You may do others for extra credit or out of interest. You may find Gregg Carter’s Student Chip Tutorial on his website helpful (http://web.bryant.edu/~gcarter/student.htm). If you have any problems with the tutorial or have any questions about it, check with me rather than with Gregg Carter. Carter includes additional data sets on his web site. 14
Syllabus—Carroll Bridgewater State College _____________________________________________________________________________________________ COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS Date Topic Social Problems Analyzing Contemporary Social Issues 9/6 Introduction to Course Preface Pp. v-vii (optional) 9/8 Understanding Social Problems Chapter 1 “About Student CHIP” (1-4) 9/11 Thinking Critically about Social “Reading and Thinking Critically about Problems Contemporary Social Issues” (5-14) 9/13-15 Data Analysis Tools for Studying “Elementary Data Analysis Tools Social Problems with Student CHIP Needed to Study Social Issues” (15-33) 9/18-22 Studying Social Problems Chapter 1 Exercises: pp. 35-71 9/25-10/2 Inequality & Poverty Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Exercises: pp. 95-110 10/4 Exam 1 10/6-13 Racial Inequality Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Exercises: pp. 129-138 10/9 Holiday — No Class 10/16-20 Gender Inequality Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Exercises: pp. 157-163 10/23-27 Age Discrimination Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Exercises: pp. 181-190 10/30-11/3 Sexual Orientation & Homophobia Chapter 6 Extra Credit Web Assignment: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/gss http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/GSS99 11/6 Review 11/8 Exam 2 11/10 Holiday — No Class 11/13-17 Crime and Violence Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Exercises: pp. 195-200 or pp. 201-206 11/20-22 Substance Abuse Chapter 8 11/24 Holiday — No Class 11/27-12/1 Family & Divorce Chapter 11 Chapter 8 Exercises: pp. 211-219 12/4-8 Health & Health Care Problems Chapter 12 Chapter 9 Exercises: pp. 225-234 or pp. 235-243) 12/11-13 Environmental Problems Chapter 15 Chapter 11 Exercises: pp. 251-258 12/18 Final Exam (11:00 AM-1:00 PM) 15
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