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Using all of this information requires a bit of organization, so follow these general instructions. For SOC 201, general topics are listed first, followed by reading assignment in Ferris/Stein and then the written assignment. For each week, begin by reading assigned work from the Sociology hard text (Ferris/Stein).
The English 101, the stories themselves, listed by title and author, are online. A Google search with title and the word TEXT will find the story if the provided link does not work. There will be rhetoric from englit.org. You are then to download the chosen web site for that week, listed as a link on the syllabus at the site English I-Net Resource List. That means all you have to do is click on the colored (usually blue) link of the name or address of the site. Following that, read the online presentation of the format strategy for the week, (Org & Outline, Quoting Your Sources, How To Take A Test, etc.). You are also required to read the thematic presentation for that week in Online Presentations (Character, Theme, Irony etc.). This will allow you to follow the schedule and be topical in the class room. Any assignment or topic not linked to a website or associated with the text book is on englit.org. Read the directions.
Assignments and due dates for papers and tests for SOC 201 are posted on the Discussion Board and announced in class for ENGL 101. Most of this syllabus is self-explanatory.

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

SOC 201
Introduction, Course Description
Administrative matters: Attendance, Grades, Tests, Assignments
Sociology and the Real World
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 1

ENG 101
Introduction, Course Description
Internet: T. C. Boyle

• Conflict
• Character

PrimaryText:

• Boyle, "Tooth and Claw"

Week 2

SOC 201
Sociology and the Real World
Hard Text:

• No Reading Assigned

ENG 101
Internet: Sherman Alexie

• What I Expect on Out-of-Class Papers
• Organization and Outlines of Essays
• Starting the Research Paper;
• Commercial & Literary Fiction
• Plot

Primary Text:

• Alexie, "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"

Week 3

SOC 201
Studying Social Life: Sociological Research Methods
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 2
• Society's Impact on You Assignment Due Wednesday

ENG 101
Internet: Bobbie Ann Mason

• Thesis Statements
• How To Take a Test
• Quoting Your Sources;

Primary Text:

• Mason, "Shiloh"

Week 4

SOC 201
Studying Social Life: Sociological Research Methods

Hard Text:

• NO Assigned Reading

WEDNESDAY: EXAM #1 (CHAPTERS 1 & 2)

ENG 101
Internet: John Cheever

• Theme

Primary Text:

• Cheever, "The Swimmer"

Week 5

SOC 201
Cultural Crossroads
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 3

ENG 101
Internet: Alice Walker

• Point of View

Primary Text:

• Walker, "Everyday Use"

Week 6

SOC 201
The Self and Interaction

Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 4

ENG 101
Internet:Raymond Carver

• Setting

Primary Text:

• Carver, "Cathedral"

Week 7

SOC 201
Separate and Together: Life in Groups
Deviance and Conformity
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 5 & 6

ENG 101
Internet: Stephen Crane

• Symbolism and Allegory

Primary Text:

• Crane, "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"

Week 8

SOC 201
Deviance and Conformity
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 6

WEDNESDAY : EXAM #2 (CHAPTERS 3-6)

ENG 101
Internet: Jamaica Kincaid

• Irony
• Works Cited
• Internet Source Formattting

Primary Text:

• Kincaid, "Girl"

Week 9

SOC 201
Social Class: The Structure of Inequality
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 7

Crossover Assignment:

• Introduction and collaboration
• Note Taking
• MOVIE Wednesday!!! Eiland's LI120 classroom 11:30-2:30

ENG 101
Internet: George Lucas

• Cinematic Terms

Primary Text:

• Lucas, Katz, and Huyck, American Graffiti
• MOVIE Wednesday!!! Eiland's LI120 classroom 11:30-2:30

Week 10

SOC 201
Race and Ethnicity as Lived Experience
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 8

Crossover Assignment:

• Group Work on Character analysis

ENG 101
Internet: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Primary Text:

• Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Week 11

SOC 201
Constructing Gender and Sexuality
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 9

Crossover Assignment:

• In-class collation and written report of research
• Final editing of report

ENG 101
Internet: Eudora Welty

• Conflict 2

Primary Text:

• Welty, "A Worn Path"

Week 12

SOC 201
WEDNESDAY: EXAM #3 (CH 7-9)
Crossover Assignment:

• Crossover Assignment due

Hard Text:

• No Reading Assigned

ENG 101
Internet: Kate Chopin, Edgar Allan Poe

• Notecards/Annotated Works Cited

Primary Text:

• Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"
• Poe,"The Cask of Amontillado"
  • Text
  • Video

Week 13

SOC 201
The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapter 10

ENG 101
Internet:Ernest Hemingway
Primary Text:

• Hemingway, "Hills like White Elephants"

Peer Edit for Term Paper due

Week 14

SOC 201
The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion
Life at Home
Hard Text:

• Ferris/Stein. Chapters 10 & 12

ENG 101
Internet: James Baldwin;
Primary Text:

• Baldwin, "Sonny's Blues"

Final Exam source distributed

Week 15

SOC 201
Life at Home
Hard Text:

• No Reading Assigned

ENG 101

• Final Term Paper Due
• Final Exam

Week 16
Final Exam Week

SOC 201
MONDAY, 10:30am-12:30pm: SOC 201 Final Exam (Ch. 10 & 12)

ENG 101
MONDAY, 1:00 pm-2:30pm: ENG 101 Final Exam

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