SOCIAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNITY
Sociology 2060 6.0

Fall Assignments:

The Fall section of this course is divided into three equal parts. At the end of each part, there is an in-class test consisting of multiple choice questions and short answer questions.

Course Objectives:

1. to become familiar with Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical perspective
2. to critically assess fundamental concepts in Symbolic Interactionism
3. to apply basic concepts to everyday life
4. to practice critical reading and writing skills through assignments

BOOKS:

FALL TERM
For the Fall section of this course, students are required to purchase

1. SOCI2060 6.0B Social Interaction and Community Fall 2009 course kit from the York University Bookstore
2. Please note: Students are NOT required to purchase the text Charon, J. 2009. Symbolic Interactionism: An Introduction, An Interpretation, An Integration, New Jersey: Pearson Education. It is on reserve in the Scott Library.

WINTER TERM
The Winter section of this course is being taught by Katharine King.

WEB SITE AND LIST SERVE FOR THE COURSE:

There is a web site for this course that can be accessed at: http://www.arts.yorku.ca/soci/mandell/index.html
On the course site, students will find the syllabus, lecture notes, dates for assignments and pertinent messages. Students should log into this site once a week before the week’s lecture, print out the lecture notes, and bring them to class. Class lectures will build on the notes you print out.

There is also a list serve that has been established for this course. It is called soci2060b@yorku.ca.

How do I SUBSCRIBE to this listserv?
Address your email message to listserv@yorku.ca.
In the body of your email message, issue the command:
SUBSCRIBE listname LastName FirstName

For Example:
where SUBSCRIBE is the command you issue to subscribe to a list.
listname is the name of the list to which you want to subscribe = soci2060b
LastName FirstName is your last and first name = Mandell Nancy

Example of an Email:

To: listserv@yorku.ca
Subject: subscribe
Message in Body of Text: Subscribe soci2060b Mandell Nancy

Problems Signing Up?
If there are any other questions like how to unsubscribe students can go
to http://www.cns.yorku.ca/computing/internet/listservuser.html and find the info.

ACADEMIC  DISHONESTY:

Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are serious offenses which carry severe penalties. Students are responsible for understanding the nature and consequences of these offenses as contained in the Senate Policy on Academic Honesty (see http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/
legislation/senate/acadhone). The policy is published in the Calendar of Undergraduate Programmes. Copies may also be obtained from the Office of the Dean of Arts. Also, please see attached sheet on Academic Dishonesty at the end of this Syllabus.

ALWAYS KEEP A ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR WORK.

WRITING HELP

The Centre for Academic Writing on the third floor of the Ross Building provides individual assistance for undergraduates to help with their written work.  By enrolling with the Centre you will be assigned a specific instructor to work with.  In particular there are two excellent graduate students with academic expertise in Sociology, Jennifer Johnson and Elisabeth Rondinelli, who you might request.  However please remember that the Centre deals with over 2000 students each year so you might be assigned to another instructor depending on scheduling.  Try to enroll in September before the Centre gets terribly busy.  This is a friendly and extremely helpful resource that all undergraduates can use to help them improve their work.

Centre for Academic Writing, Faculty of Arts
Campus Building: Ross Building, S329
Telephone: (416)736-5134