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Yes, Sociology 1a06 was taken by a close friend of mine. If you liked Grade 11/12 anthropology/sociology/psychology or the "family living course" (the same thing) than this is your cup of tea. His teacher was Catherine Swanson, she is a very kind lady, having met her myself, but she is also very dedicated to what she does. If you are taking Sociology as a bird course it wont likely work out how you thought. However, if you really enjoy the subject it will show in your grade and your experience.

Course breakdown:
2 M/C tests at 15% each
Research Final Paper 25%
Final Exam 30%
Class Participation via a "clicker" 7%
Tutorial Participationvia 8%

The tests are high school style in that they have m/c, t/f, s/a, essay. This is somewhat unique as most courses will either be m/c or s/a and essay.

Sociology! <3
By 'family living course', did you mean the Individuals and Families in a Diverse Society course? I absolutely adored that course.

Yes I did, and I am sure it adored you as well. It was also perhaps my favourite course in high school.

Really? That's awesome. It was weird because only a select few in the class loved it and did well. Thanks though, now I'm really looking forward to this course.

There's so many options in second year for Sociology though, blows my mind. :O

Trust me, it is much better to have a wide variety of choices than to have very minimal options. Usually the courses will pick themselves, what I mean by this is that there will be a certain stream/section of sociology most interesting and you will take most of those courses.

Here, take a look at this link:

http://www.socsci.mcmaster.c a/soci...uate/index.cfm

Scroll down to fields and you will find the 3 types that are at Mac. There is likely another link showing you which courses are under each specialty. A lot of the times, it is pretty obvious which is which. As well, you could talk to someone (prof, counsellor, students) about which fits where.

Hope this helps!

Btw, you have a very beautiful name.

Aww, thanks. My name is actually Feona, and my middle name Terese. But sometimes my mother calls me Feonateresa, or my friends call me Teresa. Not sure why hehe.

Oh boy, off topic =D. Thanks for that link, it's really helpful. Although, I'm sure the first year course helps you to decide your interests. I guess most first year courses are like that, huh? Are you taking one of the Sociology courses next year, or actually, what year are you in? ;P

yeah, all first years are sample courses. They give you a little taste of everything, which let's you decide where and what you'd like to do later on. I am in second year and unfortunately won't be taking Sociology this year, next year I plan to take one of my electives in it though. You will enjoy yourself with it, I regret not taking it, but theres only so much one person can do. I want to do everything, lol, but time won't allow it. It's great to have you in Social Sciences. Perhaps you may think about taking communication studies 1a03. It would be a perfect compliment to sociology. Best of luck!

Definitely the class to take if you are looking for a mark booster.

Took this full year course with Dr. Behnke-Cook in 08-09.

Breakdown:
Midterm - 15% (40 M/C)
Final - 25% (80 M/C)
Midterm - 15% (40 M/C)
Final - 30% (85 M/C)
Tutorial - 15% (Attendance, Participation and A/V presentation)
BONUS 5% quiz in tutorial.

Uses slides and WebCT, lectures directly from slides. Text is easily to read and only real key to success.

Dr. Behnke-Cook is a great woman with lots of world experience. Only went to about half the lectures and still pulled off a 12.

Why does every other SOCIOLOGY class only need ONE BOOK, and the Prof. FETNER requires us to have THREE BOOKS?

Originally Posted by fuzzyskittle

Why does every other SOCIOLOGY class only need ONE BOOK, and the Prof. FETNER requires us to have THREE BOOKS?

Haha, I asked myself that same question last year. I'm pretty sure one of the books is one that she wrote (*coughwantsmoneycoug h*). Different professors depending on the class will have different course materials.

would you say its easy to get above say.. an 8 in this course?

I've never taken anthro/family courses in high school so I have no background in it. In fact, I wanted to take psych but it was full so I restored to this.

I know its about society and how society works.

Originally Posted by myInteger

would you say its easy to get above say.. an 8 in this course?

I've never taken anthro/family courses in high school so I have no background in it. In fact, I wanted to take psych but it was full so I restored to this.

I know its about society and how society works.

Hmm, it's easy to get 10 or 11 in this course. You just have to do well on the assignments, and you don't necessarily need a highschool background in sociology, but it does help a lot. Just keep up with the lectures and start thinking critically, it becomes vital.

Originally Posted by fuzzyskittle

Why does every other SOCIOLOGY class only need ONE BOOK, and the Prof. FETNER requires us to have THREE BOOKS?

I didn't even buy the Fetner book. I found it completely useless. There was only ONE question from the exam about that book. So I'd advice to not buy it and just read it at the library. The brown book (forgot what's it called) isn't really required. I think there were 3 questions about it from the midterm exam, but they were pretty straightforward if you're good with grammar. I would just buy the main text.

PS: Fetner's statistics lectures are never on the exams. Don't even bother taking notes because all you need is in the text and her lectures are quite generalized.

I found that the prof tends to ramble on....

Originally Posted by myInteger

would you say its easy to get above say.. an 8 in this course?

I've never taken anthro/family courses in high school so I have no background in it. In fact, I wanted to take psych but it was full so I restored to this.

I know its about society and how society works.

Feona is right. It's easy to attain a nice mark in this course. I never took anthing like it at high school and I also hated it with a passion. Somehow... I ended up with a good mark, 12. The exams are M/C (memorizing skills are tested) and assignments were easy as I am strong in writing (always have a good idea and flow about what to write about).

For anyone who has taken this course, is "Society in Question" used at all? Because it seems no one is selling it (so I'm assuming no one bought it).

Thanks

It might be because that textbook wasn't used last year, or the year before even. Someone asked me if I had it, but we didn't use that one last year.