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Spring 2011 SOC 200 - Sociology (3 units)
Section 4700 Class Begins January 24, 2011
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:
- Textbook:The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology 2nd Edition, Kerry Ferris & Jill Stein, ISBN 978-0-393-93352-9, Approximate cost new: $75 Available as a rental textbook from the college bookstore!
- Estimated Time per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately 8 to 10 hours per week reading, writing, and taking quizzes and participating in online class discussions.
- Special
Requirements: Log into Etudes the first
day of class.
- Assignments & Tests: There are weekly discussions and quizzes, four unit papers, a book review, group research project and four unit exams.
- Additional
Comments: The entire course
will be conducted online through the Etudes 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:
Here is an
Online Orientation (Flash presentation opens in a new window)
that will show you the basics of how to use ETUDES. 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. You need to do this
on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES.
- ETUDES Course: You will log into the
Etudes classroom with the log-in information provided below.
Log in to your course on the first day of the class. Here's how:
Go to the ETUDES portal at http://myetudes.org/portal
Log-in ID |
Password |
First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of Student COLLEAGUE ID
(Type using all lower case letters)
Example:
Jose A. Garcia
Student ID: 1021945
Username = joga21945 |
Month Day of birth in school records
(Type using all lower case letters)
Example:
Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)
Password = 0411 |
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