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Schedule > SOC 200 Orientation
Spring
2008 SOC 200 - Sociology (3 units)
Section 4746 Class Begins January 22
Course Description
The organization of modern society and the
forces that influence social change, such as culture, social
institutions, populations, social classes groups, and the community.
- Instructor: V. Varela
- Email:
varela@mendocino.edu
After the class has started, please use Etudes Private Messages for
communication. - Textbook Information:
- Main textbook: Sociology Matters, Richard Schaefer,
3rd Edition, ISBN-10: 0073528110 Approximate
Cost: $35.00
- Required book: The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are
Doing Wrong to Get Ahead (Paperback), David Callahan, ISBN-10:
0156030055 Approximate Cost: $14.00
- Estimated Time per Week: Students can
expect to spend approximately 8 to 12 hours per week reading, writing,
and taking quizzes and participating in class discussions.
- Special
Requirements: Email the
instructor after you sign up for the class. Log into Etudes the first
day of class (1/22).
- Assignments & Tests:
Students
will complete unit papers, weekly written assignments, discussion group
participation, a group project, and 11 chapter quizzes.
- Additional
Comments: The entire course
will be conducted online through the Etudes-NG program. Students are
required to have Internet access, an active email account, the ability
to use word processing, conduct Internet searches, attach files, send
emails, and work independently.
- New to ETUDES-NG:
Here is an
Online Orientation (Flash presentation opens in a new window)
that will show you the basics of how to use ETUDES-NG. Here is a
flash tutorial (Flash presentation opens in a new window)
that demonstrates the log in protocol. Be sure to check System
Requirements before getting started with ETUDES-NG. You need to do this
on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES-NG.
- ETUDES-NG Course: You will log into the
Etudes-NG classroom with the log-in information provided below.
Login
ID |
Password |
- First
2 letters of first name +
- First 2 letters of last name +
- Last 5 digits of Social Security Number
(Type
using all lower case letters)
Example:
Jose
A. Garcia
SSN: 111-22-3333
Username = joga23333
| Month Day of
birth in school records
(Type
using all lower case letters)
Example:
Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)
Password = 0411
NOTE: If you forget your
password, you can Reset Password on the Etudes log-in page |
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