SOCIOLOGY 2000: Understanding Human Society/ INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY  
CRN #  
SECTION # 009
Fall 2017
ONLINE COURSE

Professor:
R. Khari Brown					Office phone:  734-239-4300
E-mail:  kharib@wayne.edu
Office Hours:  By appointment

Required Text:
Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
Author: James M. Henslin
Publisher: Pearson
Edition: Any edition between 10th- 12th editions will work for this course

Course Description:
This course is designed to provide an introduction to sociology.  In this course you will discuss what sociology is, what sociologists do, and how sociologists view social-political-cultural issues.  This course takes a particular interest in racial, social, and gender inequality.  

COURSE OVERVIEW

Exams: There will be 4 exams administered in this course.  The questions on the exams will be taken from the readings & lecture.  Students are responsible for all of the materials covered in the lectures and the text.  However, if the lecture notes do not include some of the information covered in the texts.  Exams will consist of True/False & multiple choice questions.  Four equally weighted exams will be administered this term.  There will be no make-up test if you miss the exam on the scheduled test date unless arrangements have been made prior to the test date.  If an alternate test date should become necessary, the test must be taken within 5 days of the originally scheduled date.  Students will take all of the tests on the blackboard site.  You will 3.5 hours to take the test.  The test will shut down 2.5 hours after you begin your test.  To take the test, you must follow the instructions listed below.    

1.	www.wayne.edu
2.	Click on blackboard
3.	Click on Fall 2017 (SS)Undst Human Sct Sec 012
4.	Click on test
5.	Click on the appropriate test (i.e test #1, test #2, test #3, test #4) 
6.	Follow instructions and take test.  

No Make-up Exams: No make-up exams will be given unless you have a serious emergency (i.e. illness, death).  In such cases, you must contact me no later than the day of the exam to inform me of your situation and provide written documentation.

Homework Assignment:  This involves students posting responses to the 1 homework assignment to which you are assigned to the discussion board.  See the Course Calendar listed below on pages 4-7 for the 1 week in which you are required to answer questions.  To be clear, each student is responsible for 1 homework assignment.  I’ll email you the questions that you will have to send my blackboard inbox one week before your responses are due.  Your responses are due on Friday by 11:59pm.  To send them to my blackboard inbox, you need to take the following steps;

1.	go to www.wayne.edu
2.	click My WSU Tools
3.	click blackboard
4.	click Fall 2017 (SS)Undst Human Sct Sec 009
5.	Click Tools.  It’s located on the left hand side of the page.
6.	Click Messages
7.	Click Create Message
8.	Click To
9.	Click R. Brown (Instructor)
10.	Follow the rest of prompts and send me your answers 

Late assignments are not accepted.  

RESEARCH PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT (ONLINE): You are required to view one of the online presentations during the course of the semester.  You must also answer questions related to the talk.  You’ll find the instructions for this assignment on blackboard.  

Extra Credit Presentation: To earn extra credit, you must attend and answer questions about 1 of the research presentation delivered talks on campus.  If, at the end of the term, you are in between a grade (e.g. A-/B+), you will earn the higher grade.  If you plan to do so, you must email me at least one week prior to the event.  Information about the extra credit is listed on blackboard. 

Incompletes: There are no incompletes given for individuals that do not complete their
assignments and take tests when they are assigned.   

Drop Policy: Please refer to the Wayne State University Drop Policy

Grading Scale: Your grade will be based on the following scale:

A=93 & up
A-=90-92
B+=87-79
B=83-86
B-=80-82
C+=77-79
C=73-76
C-=70-72
D+=67-69
D=63-66
D-=60-62
E=0-59

Graded Assignments: The percentage that each graded assignment represents of your overall grade is listed below.
		
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS	Percentage of Grade	
4 Tests	80% (each test represents 20% of your total grade)	
Your 1 Homework Assignment	10%	
Research Presentation Assignment	10%	
Extra Credit Presentation 	If, at the end of the term, you are in between a grade (e.g. A-/B+), you will earn the higher grade.	

Course Calendar

Sept. 1-8: Chapter 1: Sociological Perspective 
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Dana	Abuqalbain
2.	Kamil	Abu-Shaban
3.	Ibrahim	Ahmed
4.	Zainab	Ahmed
5.	Fahad	Ahmed
6.	Waseem	Alasri
7.	Iman	Albargwi
8.	Adila	Ali
9.	Abass	Aliahmad
10.	Fatiha	Alim
11.	Zaid	Alshawabkeh
12.	Fouad	Alzaroui
13.	Iman	Ansari
14.	Emily	Arutyunova
15.	Tyler	Attisha

Sept. 9-15: Chapter 5: Sociological Perspective: How Sociologist do Research
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.		Cydney	Ayad
2.	Ushoshi	Azad
3.	Ali El-Rida	Baghdadi
4.	Maya	Baiyasi
5.	Malak	Bazzi
6.	Ali	Bazzi
7.	Kenneth	Beatty
8.	Amina	Begum
9.	Ian	Belger
10.	Reem	Berri
11.	Ashlan	Brice
12.	Sarah	Brock
13.	Devyon	Brown
14.	R.	Brown
15.	Zachary	Bugosh
16.	Maison	Burr

Sept. 16-22: Chapter 11: Sex & Gender 
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Alexander	Carbery
2.	Sarah	Cherry
3.	Liana	Chindris
4.	Malina	Chindris
5.	Ayat	Choukeir
6.	Md Azim	Chowdhury
7.	Riaz	Chowdhury
8.	Lindsey	Conners
9.	Issa	Dababneh
10.	Joel	Daniel
11.	Zahraa	Darwiche
12.	Madleen	Deaibes
13.	Amber	Denha
14.	Yanisha	Denham
15.	Lydia	Denman

September 23-29: Test #1

Sept. 30-Oct. 6: Chapter 18: Religion 
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Daniel	Diaz
2.	Dia	Dinwiddie
3.	Waleed	Eliwat
4.	Lyric	Elliott
5.	Michelle	Ellis
6.	Habeba	Elmadawy
7.	Noelle	Elmore
8.	Serien	Faraj
9.	Sogand	Faramarzpour
10.	Intisar	Fawaz
11.	Elizabeth	Ficker
12.	Jack	Flynn
13.	Jeffrey	Fraus
14.	Ashley	Frederick
15.	Gage	Gaiss

Oct. 7-13: Chapter 13: Aging
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Allison	Getzinger
2.	Amar	Ghaleb
3.	Kyra	Goeller
4.	Matthew	Golovoy
5.	Hannah	Goryoka
6.	Dominique	Gregory
7.	Elisa	Greige
8.	Bhavna	Guduguntla
9.	Kara	Guobis
10.	Ali	Hachem
11.	Awrod	Haghi-Tabrizi
12.	Salwa	Hammoud
13.	Mahfujul	Haque
14.	Tricia	Harris
15.	Taylor	Harrison
16.	Hiba	Hasan

Oct. 14-20: Chapter 10: Social Class in the U.S
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Alaina	Healy
2.	Angela	Hernandez
3.	Jacquelyn	Herron
4.	Saleh	Homayed
5.	Madison	Hostetler
6.	Chyna	Huffman
7.	Sydney	Hughes
8.	Mohammad	Ibrahim
9.	Janeen	Ilayan
10.	Sanaya	Irani
11.	Kushtrim	Isufi
12.	Zeina	Jaafar
13.	Hannah	Jabcon
14.	Dominic	Kallabat
15.	Endri	Kambo

Oct. 21-Oct. 27: Test #2

Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Chapter 15: Politics – Political Party 
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Briana	Kennedy
2.	Marinna	Kinaya
3.	Madison	Kiryakoza
4.	Madelynn	Koch
5.	Shantal	Krikor
6.	Hannah	Kubitz
7.	Kenneth	Kue
8.	Elizabeth	Lambardo
9.	Hallie	Laramie-Sinclair
10.	Sydney	Lawson
11.	Lena	Lewis
12.	Jabin	Lina
13.	Kyle	Logan
14.	LaShonte	Luke-Owens
15.	Christopher	Matti

Nov. 4-10:  Chapter 21: Collective Behavior and Social Movements 
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.		Makiah	Mcclure
2.	Jon	McKay
3.	Hannah	McKay
4.	Miranda	Medley
5.	Thomas	Meram
6.	Mariana	Mika
7.	Nicole	Misquitta
8.	Ebrahim	Mohamed
9.	Kyle	Mooty
10.	Jason	Morhan
11.	Abdallah	Mrech
12.	Arleen	Mundian
13.	Gabrielle	Najor
14.	Eyham	Nemo
15.	Mohamed	Noureddine

Nov. 11-17: Chapter 17: Education 
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.	Hannah	O'Brien
2.	Destiny	O'Neal
3.	Kyle	O'Neil
4.	Fatimah	Odeh
5.	Michaela	Oesterle
6.	Bilal	Olayan
7.	Jacqueline	Orozco
8.	Shyam	Patel
9.	Kelly Shaye	Patero
10.	Raeanne	Payne
11.	Jennifer	Pearson
12.	Hassan	Ramadan
13.	Daniella	Rassi
14.	Andrea	Refice
15.	Christian	Richert

Nov. 18-24: Thanksgiving: No Class

Nov. 25-Dec. 1: Test #3

Dec. 2-8: Chapter 12: Race & Ethnicity
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions:
1.		Matthew	Robinson
2.	Ellie	Rodriguez
3.	Sarah	Sajid
4.	Ali	Samman
5.	Colby	Sanders
6.	Lillian	Sarrault
7.	Yash	Saxena
8.	Benjamin	Schornack
9.	Megan	Schultz
10.	Joseph	Segar
11.	Celine	Semma
12.	Valentina	Shabi
13.	Yousuf	Shina
14.	Karen	Sidge
15.	Pavneet	Singh

Dec. 9-16: Detroit & Race / What can you do w/ a degree in sociology?  
Responsible for Answering Homework Questions on Detroit & Race
1.		Lauren	Sivitter
2.	Olha	Skochelyas
3.	Ghalia	Sobh
4.	Haley	Staniszewski
5.	Abdul-Rahman	Suleiman
6.	Katherine	Svisco
7.	Michelle	Syty
8.	Asila	Taalib
9.	Karim	Tabbaa
10.	Fariha	Tahsin
11.	Jordan	Taurence
12.	Chanel	Taylor
13.	Chelsea	Thayer
14.	Nikki	Thomas
15.	Alissa	Turnbull
16.	Maria	Wardia

Responsible for Answering Homework Questions on What can you do w/ a degree in sociology?  
1.	Olivia	Wengrowski
2.	Dejah	White
3.	Brian	Wieczorek
4.	Delores	Williams
5.	Jennifer	Williams
6.	Emma	Williams
7.	Lyssa	Wilson
8.	Elaena	Wojtowicz
9.	Ciara	Yarrington
10.	Sumayyah	Yaseen
11.	Moses	Yeo
12.	Artessa	Young
13.	Rianna	Yulo
14.	Alexis	Ziemba

Dec. 17-23: Test #4