ATS1365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moodle, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Auguste Comte
8 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY: LECTURE 1
Kirsten McLean
All assignments submitted and returned electronically through Moodle.
TASK
VALUE
DUE DATE
Short Reflective Piece
15%
March 19
Annotated Bibliography and
Essay Plan
20%
April 23
Essay
35%
May 21
Exam
30%
Exam Period (TBA)
Extensions of up to two days
• Please use the link in Moodle under Assessment -> Assessment Resources
Extensions of more than two days
• You must apply for Special Consideration through the Arts Faculty (link in Moodle for
more info)
Late penalties apply: late assessments incur a 5% penalty per calendar day overdue, and no
assignment are accepted more than 10 calendar days late
Attendance is optional* at lectures
Tutorials are extremely important, and attendance is compulsory
If you are unable to attend a tutorial, you need to email your tutor beforehand and provide
some evidence of medical or other extenuating circumstances that have prevented your
attendance.
75% tutorial attendance requirement
Academic Integrity
Plagiarism occurs when students fail to acknowledge that ideas have been borrowed or
when paraphrasing of a passage from a reference is too close to the original passage.
Module 1: Foundations of Sociology
Defining Sociology
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Phsis is eas ad Soiolog is had – Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Soiolog is the ssteati stud of hua ehaiou i soial otet Fuze et al,
2012 p.2)
• Fouses o the ogaisatio of hua life. It looks at ho peoples lies aee
influences by their opportunities and experiences; and the impact that people have
o soiet though takig atio ad eatig hage TASA, 6
• Covers all aspects of social life//criminology is a spin-off discipline of sociology
What is society?
Society is a ground of people who shape their lives in aggregate and patterned ways that
distinguish their groups from other groups.
Look at current gun law debate.
find more resources at oneclass.com
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Document Summary
All assignments submitted and returned electronically through moodle. Exam period (tba: please use the link in moodle under assessment -> assessment resources. Extensions of more than two days: you must apply for special consideration through the arts faculty (link in moodle for more info) Late penalties apply: late assessments incur a 5% penalty per calendar day overdue, and no assignment are accepted more than 10 calendar days late. Tutorials are extremely important, and attendance is compulsory. If you are unable to attend a tutorial, you need to email your tutor beforehand and provide some evidence of medical or other extenuating circumstances that have prevented your attendance. Plagiarism occurs when students fail to acknowledge that ideas have been borrowed or when paraphrasing of a passage from a reference is too close to the original passage. Defining sociology (cid:858)i(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:449)he(cid:374) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) e(cid:374)te(cid:396)s the e(cid:395)uatio(cid:374), thi(cid:374)gs go (cid:374)o(cid:374)li(cid:374)ea(cid:396).
