SOCI110: Introduction to Sociology
Section: NL     (eLearning)

About This Course

Semester and YearIntersession 2013 / (16 days): Dec 26, 2012 to Jan 11, 2013
(See "Getting Started" below for details about orientation)
Instructor(s)
Max Probst   Email: probstm@bucks.edu
Phone: 215-968-8270
Course Credits
3 credits
Time Requirements
Plan a minimum of 12 - 15 hours per day for your coursework. While online learning courses provide flexibility in time, geography, and travel, the work required for successful completion is identical to that for the face-to-face course.   Your instructor may specify additional time requirements in the "Other information" field below or during your orientation.
Delivery Mode
eLearning:
Web-based course
Official College Course Description
The complete college course description can be viewed at:
Student Characteristics
Open to self-motivated, self-disciplined students who can handle college-level work and study independently.
Student Requirements
This course has the following requirements for students:
  • There are no special requirements for this course

Getting Started With This Course

Orientation(s)
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Accessing Your Course

Canvas (by Instructure)

Your course is using Canvas. If you are new to Canvas, please visit the Canvas Basics course space to become familiar with Canvas prior to the start of your course. No login is required to access this space.

You will be able to login to Canvas about two weeks prior to the start of your class. However, your course becomes available as of 1 AM on the official course start date.

Logging In

Log in to your Canvas course space at bucks.instructure.com

  • Username: Your username is the same for every system at Bucks.
  • Password: your Bucks Network password (used to log into any Bucks campus computer or to access any Bucks Library online database from off campus.)

If you do not know your Bucks Username, go to WebAdvisor. Select Account information (upper right hand corner of the screen) then select What's My User ID? and follow the prompts. You will need to provide your last name AND either your 7 digit student ID number OR your social security #. Your Bucks username will display on the screen.

Note: Students are uploaded to Canvas several times a day. If you registered late, you won't be able to access Canvas until the next upload takes place.

Purchasing Your Books and Other Course Materials

While you may purchase your books and other course materials from the provider of your choice (using the ISBN number available through the course's academic department where applicable to ensure the correct version), both the campus bookstore and our online bookstore, guarantee that they stock the correct version for your course.

Approximately 3 weeks prior to the start of the session you can use the link below to see the list of books that have been selected by your instructor. If you have any questions about the course materials listed, please contact your instructor or the academic department directly.

Click this link to see the book list for your course.

Other Information about the Course

Welcome to Sociology!

You are all sociologists, but many of you don’t know it yet. This course is designed to help you develop your “sociological imagination” and to analyze sociological concepts that many of us take for granted. One of the major requirements for this course is an open mind.

There are many advantages to taking online courses. You can be anywhere while you take this course, work at any time during the day or night, and you can work and learn at your own pace.

With this being said, your online journey requires self-motivation and self-discipline. You are required to read, review and study the materials at your own pace. Since we do not meet face-to-face, it is important that you communicate with me via email or telephone if have any questions or problems relating to accessing or understanding the course materials, the assignments, and tests.

I look forward to working with you all this semester.

Best, Max Probst

Orientation: There will be orientation information posted on our Canvas site to familiarize you with the objectives and requirements of the course.

Course Objective: To expose students to basic concepts, relationships, and interactions among sociological factors as well as mainstream sociological philosophies and theories. To this end the study guide/course outline will be followed sequentially. The instructor reserves the right to modify the course as deemed prudent and appropriate.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Define major sociological concepts and identify behaviors studied by sociologists.
  2. Identify major research techniques in this discipline.
  3. Discuss the contribution of norms, roles, and culture to the socialization process.
  4. Identify social variables which contribute to social inequality among groups.
  5. Identify the primary characteristics of the following social institutions: family, religion, economic, political, and educational.
  6. Discuss various types of theories which attempt to explain social change.
  7. Discuss deviance as a sociological phenomenon.

Textbook and Other Requirements: The textbook we will be using this semester will be The Intersections Collection: Pearson Custom Sociology ISBN: 1-256-54839-1 You can only purchase this textbook in the bookstore on campus as it is a customized text. MySocLab is NOT required, but optional. You will need to have access to a personal computer to participate in the on-line discussion questions and to submit assignments.

Contact With the Professor: Although the majority of the course work is completed individually, regular and frequent contact with me is encouraged and expected. You should feel free to contact me at any time with questions you may have. You can email me through Canvas or you can also send an email to me directly at probstm@bucks.edu.

We will be utilizing several features of Canvas, but most frequently the "Discussion" tool and the "Assignments" link. Please log into Canvas and review the Student Orientation and Student Materials which are available to students before the start of the semester. Students will be introduced to the on-line discussion feature as well as other tools we will be using, (i.e. the Assignments Drop-Box and E-Mail).