This book is conceptually sophisticated and somewhat difficult to follow. You will have to carefully study the book and pay attention in class if you hope to do well this semester. Your grade in this course will be based on four exams, two papers, attendance, and ten quizzes. Exams will cover both class material and readings. The first paper will involve writing about the sociological imagination You will write one to two pages describing, in your own words, the sociological imagination and two to three pages describing an instance of the use of the sociological imagination.
All materials needed for writing the paper are on electronic reserve.
This paper will be due on February 21. The second assignment will require you to write about the social construction of reality. Once again, you will be expected to write one to two pages telling, in your own words, what the social construction of reality is. In the final two to three pages you will discuss an article that illustrates how people construct reality. This paper will be due on April 2.