Lecture 1

Welcome to Introductory Sociology 1000U Dr. Rose Ricciardelli Agenda Welcome Course Syllabus Your TA – Itanni Introductions What Sociology Grads often due Course Syllabus Look at the Course Syllabus Take a few minutes to read it through! Note – Lectures are only 1.5 hours a week – Other appointed lecture hours will be used for online discussions Note – My office hours and my contact information Discuss Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Online Assignments Questions? Are we clear about what is expected? Your TA – Andrea Office hours – Friday 12:30-1:30 Her role in this course Who you talk to first about assignments and assignment grades Introductions Who I am…. Now take a moment to introduce yourself to the persons seated around you. Take the opportunity to speak to someone you don’t already know. This is valuable in the future to help put names to faces in your online discussions and to help with forming study groups! Sociology Grads – Careers in Sociology Academics Demographers Crime or Criminal Justice Statisticians – Statistics Canada Government Employees Continue into Law or Teaching Many other fields…. Common Sense, is it??? Birds of a feather, flock together OR Opposites Attract WHICH IS IT? Sociology Explains this…. Sociological Studies Show: Birds of a feather, flock together…. Likes seems to gravitate to likes… So opposites don’t trully attract!