{"content":[{"text":"Course Requirements \n 1. PARTICIPATION & ATTENDANCE. You are expected to come on time for every class \n meeting and let me know as soon as possible (preferably in advance) if you must miss class \n for a legitimate reason. Part of your attendance is the expectation that you will participate in \n class sessions by contributing something to our discussions. If you have significant problems \n speaking in class, I strongly urge you to come speak to me privately as soon as possible to \n develop alternative participation mechanisms (such as private meetings or e-mail discussions) \n so that you can meet this requirement. Remember that there are few stupid questions, but \n that all questions and comments should be made in a spirit of respect for other students and \n their contributions to the class. (5% of final course grade)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.090882,"width":0.764617,"height":0.17055499999999996}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.278483,"width":0.01350499999999999,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"IN-CLASS EXERCISES/HOMEWORK/QUIZZES. Throughout the semester, there will \n be various in-class exercises and out-of-class homework assignments. These may include \n group activities, short writing assignments, in-class quizzes, Blackboard quizzes, and \n exercises using the SPSS statistical software. Many of these assignments will be posted only \n in Blackboard and not announced in the syllabus, so please be sure to keep track of them \n there. If you will not be able to use the SPSS software at home, please be sure to schedule \n time to come to campus to complete your homework. These assignments, with exceptions \n that will be noted, cannot be made up. However, there will be opportunities to earn more \n points than are necessary. (35% of the final course grade)","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.278483,"width":0.70619,"height":0.15344599999999997}},{"text":"3.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.448975,"width":0.01350499999999999,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"MIDTERM QUALTIATIVE RESEARCH EXERCISE. The first portion of the course will \n be spent studying qualitative analytical strategies. At the end of this portion of the course, \n you will complete an exercise and short paper in which you develop a research question, \n perform your own qualitative analysis, and present the results. (15% of the course grade)","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.448975,"width":0.705709,"height":0.068106}},{"text":"4.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.534152,"width":0.01350499999999999,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"FINAL QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH PAPER. You will write a final research paper on \n the model of a sociological journal article. This paper will require you to identify a theory to \n be tested, conduct a short literature review on the topic, perform a quantitative analysis using \n a pre-existing data set, and explain your results. (25% of the course grade)","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.534152,"width":0.70576,"height":0.06825700000000001}},{"text":"5.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.619455,"width":0.01350499999999999,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"FINAL EXAM. There will be an open-book and open-notes final exam during the regular \n exam period. Scheduling arrangements are TBA. The exam will test your ability to create and \n analyze quantitative research results as well as your knowledge of the terms and concepts we \n covered during the semester. (20% of the course grade)","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.619455,"width":0.706141,"height":0.06810499999999997}},{"text":"6.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.704606,"width":0.01350499999999999,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"READING. You are expected to complete all assigned course readings prior to the date for \n which they are assigned. Remember that normal expectations for a college course are that \n you should do two to three hours of work outside class for every one hour in class—since \n you are spending four hours a week in this class, that means you should expect to work on \n reading, writing and homework assignments, and studying for this class for eight or more \n hours a week outside of class. Especially due to the heavier load of homework, reading \n assignments will generally be short. However, you are expected to be familiar enough with \n the material to draw on it in the completion of in-class assignments. While reading does not \n count for a separate percentage of your grade, students who do not complete the reading will \n find that they are not able to earn high grades in other components of the course.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.704606,"width":0.706234,"height":0.17056800000000005}},{"text":"Page 2 of 7","bbox":{"left":0.457337,"top":0.920548,"width":0.0854649999999999,"height":0.017044999999999977}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}