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COURSE OUTLINE: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 53.100-N

Winter 2002 Nunatta Campus, Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, NU

TOTAL HOURS: 72 CARLETON UNIVERSITY CREDITS (1)

A joint project of the Nunavut Arctic College and Carleton University's Centre for Initiatives in Education Program

Instructor: Maureen Flynn-Burhoe Telephone:: 979-7200 ext. 7218

E-mail: ocean.flynn@sympatico.ca

Course web page address: http://www.carleton.ca/~mflynnbu/iqaluit_sociology

SCHEDULE:

Information session:

Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002

Time: 1:00 pm.
Location: Nunatta Campus, Classroom 237 and PC lab.

Classes:

Dates: February 3 through May 5. (Except for Sundays March 10, 17, 14, 31). The final session will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26.
Time: Sundays from 9 - 12 and 1 - 4.
Location: Nunatta Campus, Iqaluit, NU: 237 (9-4); PC lab
There is room for some flexibility in class times. Contact Maureen Flynn-Burhoe ocean.flynn@sympatico.ca to consult on scheduling.

For fees and registration information contact:

Sharla Mulley

Acting Registrar, Nunatta Campus, Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit

ph: (867) 979-7222 fax: (867) 979-2253

smulley@nac.nu.ca

Please note that the Nunatta Campus Voice Mail may be experiencing difficulties this week (c. January 22 - February 10). Use email correspondence as much as possible. Thanks

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This introductory level course is project-based and community centred. The goal of the course is to nurture a sociological imagination within a northern context by presenting and critically examining basic theories, research tools and language in current use by sociologists. The pedagogy is based on the 4-R's: relevance, reciprocity, respect and responsibility. Sociology is the study of human society. Projects are centred around starting-from-where-you-are. The final project is broken into easy to complete segments including visualizations and in-class presentations. Students design their own exams.

COURSE FORMAT

Information for the course can be gathered from in-class presentations, lectures, slide-lectures including guest speakers from Iqaluit, videos, selected texts, web-based resources and tutorials. Students will be encouraged to weave relevant aspects of everyday life experience and information gleaned from these resources into weekly classroom thematic discussions. Visual arts will be used to stimulate discussion. Using a model developed for an Off-Campus Aboriginal program Maureen combines her experience as visual artist and web designer to encourage the development of web-based shareable resources. Using easy to learn web technology each student will use the web to access information about the social world and create his/her own web page to share resources with others.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course aims to encourage students:

to develop a sociological imagination
to critically examine basic theories, research tools and language in current use by sociologists
to re-examine everyday behaviour and familiar ideas through a sociological lens
to incorporate useful terms, concepts into everyday conversation
to increase comfort level with introductory level sociological texts and discussions

REQUIRED TEXTS

Macionis, John J. and Linda M. Gerber. 2000. Sociology: Fourth Canadian Edition. Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall Canada. This includes personal access to their web page with invaluable resources .

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

Dorais, Louis-Jacques. Inuit Communities: An Introduction to Social Relations and Community Studies, Iqaluit: NAC.

Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand. (Eds.) 1999. Saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Pauloosie Angmaalik.‘Introduction,' Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit: NAC.

Oosten, Jarich, Frederic Laugrand and Wim Rasing (Eds.) 1999. Vol 2: ‘Traditional Law,' Vol. 2. Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit: NAC.

D'Anglure, Bernard Saladin. (Ed.) 2001. Mariano Aupilaarjuk and Lucassie Nutaraaluk‘ Shamanism and Tulimaaq,' Vol. 4, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit: NAC.

Frederic Laugrand and Michelle Therrien. (Eds.), 2000. Alacie Joamie, Akisu Joamie, Jayko Pitseolak, Malaya Papatsie, Elisapee Ootoova and Tirisi Attagutsiak. ‘Health,' Vol 5, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit: NAC.

Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand. (Eds.) 2000. Rachel Uyarasuk and Victor Tungilik. ‘Transition to Christianity,' Vol 1, Inuit Perspectives on the 20th Century, Iqaluit: NAC.

ATTENDANCE

Students who miss x sessions will be required to provide written explanations to program co-ordinators as well as to the professor. Extra work (to be decided upon consultation with the professor) will also be assigned to make up for course lectures, discussions and workshops. If the written explanation or the extra work is not submitted, the student will not be given a mark higher than B+ for the course. Students who miss x sessions will need the permission of program co-ordinators in consultation with the professor to continue in the course.

METHOD OF EVALUATION AND DEADLINE DATES

20%	Participation in web-resources	on-going until May 19, 2002
10%	Project Proposal	February 16
10%	Conceptual framework Visualization	February 24
10%	Student-designed quiz	March 3
10%	In-class presentation-discussion of project	April 7
5%	Bibliography, citations (Drafts due one week earlier)	May 26
15%	Project to be submitted (Drafts due one week earlier)	May 26
20%	Final Exam	May 26 TBC

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

You should ALWAYS record your student number on all documents you submit for grading. Also when appropriate, make copies of papers or assignments you submit. ALWAYS make hard copies (print out) of your work. ALWAYS make back-up copies of work done on computers.

CRITERIA FOR MARKING

A	Consistently excellent work. Excellent comprehension of the material covered. Sophisticated ability to integrate and synthesize.
B	Good work. Highly competent overall performance. Good grasp of the literature.
C	Average performance. All reading assignments completed. Average ability to integrate and synthesize.
D	Less than satisfactory.
F	Unable to demonstrate minimal competence.

STANDING IN COURSES

In accordance with the Carleton University Calendar (p. 48), the letter grades assigned in this course will have the following percentage equivalents:

A+ = 90-100 A = 85-89 A- = 80-84

B+ =77-79 B = 73-76 B- = 70-72

C+ = 67-69 C = 63-66 C- = 60-62

D+ =56-59 D = 53-56 D- =50-52

EXAMINATIONS

There will be two examinations in this course. One is worth 10%. The final exam is worth 20% of the final grade. Examinations will cover lecture material and assigned readings. This may include multiple choice, short answers and essay type questions. The first quiz will be on x, 2001 and the final examination will be scheduled according to registrar's office during examination period (April x, 2001). Final grades are subject to the Dean's approval. Supplemental and Grade-Raising Examinations are no longer available. Instructors are now required to attach a written explanation for grade distributions that fall outside historic GPAs. (Ex. 100 level courses usually have considerably more B's than A's and class average is usually a C.)

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS

Accommodation for students with disabilities and/or special needs is available, provided students requiring accommodation register first with the (?)Paul Menton Centre (Room 500 Unicentre, phone 613-520-6608).

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism, cheating and duplication of assignments will be treated as instructional offences and referred to the Dean of Social Sciences. Plagiarism is defined as using and passing off as one's own work, the ideas and work of another without expressly giving credit to that other. (See page 50 of the Carleton University Undergraduate Calendar.)

ADMISSION INTO THE SOCIAL WORK DEGREE PROGRAM

(Please consult the undergraduate calendar for more information: p. 440.)

ADMISSION INTO THE SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM

Students must obtain a grade of C+ or better in Sociology 53.100, Anthropology 54.100 or Sociology/Anthropology 56.100 to be admitted into the departmental degree program. Please consult the undergraduate calendar for more information.

Web pages from other courses taught using this model:

Akwesasne

Moose Factory

Fort Frances

NEW! THIS IS THE URL FOR THE MACIONIS WEB PAGE.

Click on this to go to the Macionis site.