WELCOME!I’m Prof. Katy (Gilpatric)

Intro toSOCIOLOGY

ORIENTATION WEEKClick on Lessons, and then select Course OrientationComplete the Things to Do This First Week

WEEKLY LESSONSEach week, check your Announcements, Email and Lessons. You will have a new lesson each week, and each lesson has 4 parts:

1. Learn - link to textbook chapter and other resource material2. Discussion Board (15 pts)3. Written Essay Assignment (15 pts.)4. Chapter Test (20 pts)

WORK FLOWWeek begins Monday, ends Sunday at 11:59pm

All work is due at the end of the week for each chapter lesson.

For the Discussion Board (DB) you are required to make your initial post by Wednesday, and make two other reply posts later in the week. This means you need to access the DB two times.

NOTE: I open up the lessons on Saturday, so that you can work on two lessons at a time over the weekend.

WRITTEN WORKYou will be applying sociology to your everyday life. For the weekly written assignments and your semester paper, I prefer if you write in first person.

You will also be doing research, so make sure to reference your sources and add quotation marks if you use exact words from your source.

Don’t cut and paste without the proper citations and quotation marks.

ADDITIONAL WORK Written paper (50 pts.) Midterm Exam (100 pts.) Final Exam (100 pts.) = 25% of your total

grade of 1,000 points

CLASS RULES AND POLICIESLate policy: Discussion Board grading is cut off at the end of the week. No

make ups – sorry, no exceptions. Grading for tests and exams is cut off at the end of the week.

You are able to make these up (see syllabus). Weekly written assignments can be handed in up to two

weeks late, with a 10% penalty per week.Plagiarism: Cut and paste - Don’t do it! Use SafeAssign to submit written assignments. For more info, take a look at the Academic Dishonesty

presentation and take the quiz.

CLASS RULES AND POLICIESRemember the Golden Rule!

Be kind and respectful of otherpeople’s opinions on the Discussion Board.

Our class is diverse with people from different backgrounds, ages, and life experiences. Use your interactions in this class to learn from other people’s perspectives.

If you need help, email me: (I always respond within 24 hrs.)gilpatrk@palmbeachstate.eduIf you need technical support go to:studenthelpdesk@palmbeachstate.edu

SOCIOLOGY – IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE

Now you are ready to take the Orientation Quiz!