Each part addresses different and overlapping course outcomes and objectives.
Students also complete a number of home exercise and study questions during the semester.
Most of this work is formative in that home exercises may be redone when warranted and labs may be reworked. After study questions are completed, they are reviewed prior to exams. One of the course requirements is that the students compile a notebook which contains the syllabus, supplements provided, returned exercises, lab data, all handouts, notes from class and readings. As this notebook develops over the semester the instructor and the students are able to see the picture of their development as students of sociology. While individual parts of the notebook are graded throughout the semester, the notebook itself is also part of the course grade.