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David G. Bromley COURSE DESCRIPTION The basis for social life is the creation of mutual expectations in the form of social roles. Indeed, social life COURSE TEXTS The course text is available at the Carriage House Book Store. All reading assignments will be drawn from
OFFICE HOURS AND INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE I will be available for personal meetings during the office hours listed above. Throughout the course I will be THE VCU HONOR SYSTEM Please be sure that you are familiar with the VCU Honor System. The policy defines six acts (cheating, CLASS ATTENDANCE I expect you to attend class regularly. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. If you have not The scale of attendance point adjustments is as follows: If you have unusual problems in maintaining regular attendance, please let me know so that I can respond CLASS DECORUM Recently classes have gotten larger, which makes it more important for you to be punctual and courteous. A designated seating area for late arrival and early departure will be established so that you will not disrupt COURSE ASSIGNMENTS The attached course organization guide provides a listing of the organizational format of the course, the issues that will be covered in each of the major segments of the course, reading assignments for each course segment, and the placement of examinations. Reading assignments will be made in class each week for the following week. Longer term reading assignments can be obtained from the course organization guide. COURSE WEB SITE I am in the process of placing the overheads used in lectures and sample questions for each of the four exams on the course web site. I will announce the availability of these materials in class. Weekly class assignments and announcements of upcoming exams will be posted on the web site on a regular basis. There are also links to web sites and material drawn from those sites that are related to topics covered in class. I will refer to these in class as sources of additional information available to you and assign certain of these materials. These various resources are very important to successful completion of the course. The web site address is as follows: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dbromley A separate handout is available on request that explains how access the web site and retrieve information.
COURSE EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING
There will be four examinations. Each of the four tests, including the final (fourth) exam, will cover only material subsequent to the material on the previous exam. The exam format will be objective (multiple choice and true/false questions). Material from reading and lectures will appear on each examination. Each of the four exams will comprise one fourth of the final grade. Attendance points will be added or subtracted from the four exam average. Exact dates for exams will be announced in class at least one week prior to the exam. In the case of an emergency you must notify me in advance that you will be unable to take a test at the scheduled time if you wish to be eligible for a makeup exam. Office, home, and email contact numbers are provided so that you will be able to reach me.
COURSE ORGANIZATION GUIDE
I. INTRODUCTION McCaghy, Chapter 1, pp. 3-7 II. BIOLOGICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES McCaghy, Chapter 1, pp. 7-49: "Perspectives on Deviants" III. HOMICIDE AND ASSAULT McCaghy, Chapter 4, pp. 117-136: "Crime in the Streets: Against the Person" IV. SEXUAL ASSAULT McCaghy, Chapter 4, pp. 137-156: "Crime in the Streets: Against the Person" FIRST EXAMINATION V. MEASUREMENT ISSUES McCaghy, pp. 117-121, 137-138, 157, 163, 166, 170 VI. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS McCaghy, Chapter 9, pp. 344-379: "Mental Disorders" Lecture Material Only VIII. ANOMIE PERSPECTIVE McCaghy, Chapter 2, pp. 56-66: "Perspectives on Deviance" McCaghy, Chapter 2, pp. 67-84: "Perspectives on Deviance" X. ROBBERY, BURGLARY, THEFT, AND ARSON McCaghy, Chapter 5, pp. 157-185: "Crime in the Streets: Against Property" SECOND EXAMINATION XI. CORPORATE, OFFICIAL, AND ORGANIZED DEVIANCE McCaghy, Chapter 7, pp. 229-280: "Deviance and Organizations" XII. CHILD AND SPOUSE ABUSE McCaghy, Chapter 6, pp. 186-228: "Assaults Against Children and Spouses" XIII. CONFLICT THEORY McCaghy, Chapter 3, pp. 95-114: "Why is Certain Behavior Deviant?" XIV. MARGINAL POPULATIONS Lecture Material Only THIRD EXAMINATION XV. LABELING PERSPECTIVE McCaghy, Chapter 3, pp. 86-94: "Why is Certain Behavior Deviant?" XVI. DRUG USE McCaghy, Chapter 8, pp. 283-343: "Deviant Drug Use" XVII. HOMOSEXUALITY McCaghy, Chapter 10, pp. 403-428: " Sexual Deviance: Homosexuality" XVIII. PROSTITUTION McCaghy, Chapter 10, pp. 380-402: "Sexual Deviance: Prostitution" FINAL (FOURTH) EXAMINATION Tuesday, December 21, 8:00 A.M.
HOW TO USE THE COURSE WEB SITE A. ACCESSING THE WEB SITE 1. Click on your browser icon. Most of you will have either Netscape (the icon looks like a boat's wheel or a lighthouse) or Microsoft Internet Explorer (the icon looks like an "e"). 2. Once the browser is up and running, go to the "location" or "destination" box. Highlight the address in that box and press the "delete" key. 3. Type in Dr. Bromley's web address exactly as it appears here: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dbromley 4. Below the "Online Resources" heading there will be a "Course Offerings" heading, followed by a list of links. You may explore any of the links on this page simply by clicking on them. In order to access material for this course, click on the "Deviant Behavior, Soc. 303" link. When you click on this link, you will move to the "Deviant Behavior" page. On this page are four links. The "News and Notes" link will take you directly to the page containing information about assignments, exams, etc. The "BadBoy:The Discussion Forum" link will take you directly to the class bulletin board where you may discuss issues of course interest with other members of the class. The "Course Material" link will take you to a password controlled page that contains links to material from class lectures, web links to class related material, and sample examination questions. In order to gain access to the "Course Material" page you will have to enter a User Name (soc303), tab down to the next box and enter a Password (deviance). You now have access to the links on this page. The "Lecture Material" link takes you to a page that contains a list of topics covered in the course. Each topic is a link that takes you to a page containing the overheads used in class lectures. The other two links on the "Course Material" page are organized the same way. You will gain access to sample examination questions for each chapter in the textbook and to web sites that are related to some topic or group discussed in class. The "Deviance Syllabus" link will take you to a page containing a copy of the course syllabus. B. PRINTING OUT WEB PAGES C. DOWNLOADING WEB PAGES TO DISK C. EMAILING A WEB PAGE D. OBTAINING A FREE NON-VCU EMAIL ACCOUNT
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