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Wed (8/30) Course Introduction

Fri (9/1) What is Sociology
Quiz: Syllabus & Invitation to Soc (on electronic reserve)

Mon (9/4) LABOR DAY! NO CLASS

Wed (9/6) Theoretical Paradigms I
Quiz: Chapter 1 (pgs 1-30)

Fri (9/8) Theoretical Paradigms II
Quiz: Chapter 2 (pgs 31-47)
DUE: Student Instructor Agreements and Course Contracts

Mon (9/11) Theory III
Quiz: Chapter 2 (pgs 47-53)

Wed (9/13) Research Process
Quiz: How Sociologists do Research (on electronic reserve)

Fri (9/15) Research Process
Quiz: Chapter 3 (pgs 55-76)

Mon (9/18) Project 1: Families & Poverty
Read: Code of the Streets (on electronic reserve)
DUE: Research Plan

Wed (9/20) Project 1: Families & Poverty
Read: Chapter 4 (pgs 81-91)

Fri (9/22) Project 1: Families & Poverty
Read: Chapter 4 (pgs 91-103)

Mon (9/25) Project 1: Families & Poverty
Quiz: re-read Code of the Streets (on electronic reserve)

Wed (9/27) Project 1: Families & Poverty
Quiz: Family, Race, & Poverty (on electronic reserve)
DUE: Reflection Essays - Intellectual Circles Meet Today

Fri (9/29) Project 1: Families & Poverty
Quiz: TBA

Mon (10/2)
Quiz: TBA
DUE: Research Update

Wed (10/4) Families and Educational Inequality
Quiz: Savage Inequalities (on electronic reserve)

Fri (10/6) Families and Educational Inequality
Quiz: Learning the Student Role (on electronic reserve)

Mon (10/9) Families and Educational Inequality
Quiz: Chapter 5 (pgs 105-112)
DUE: Mid-Term Exam

Wed (10/11) Families and Educational Inequality
Quiz: Chapter 5 (pgs 112-115)
DUE: Reflection Essays - Intellectual Circles Meet Today

Fri (10/13) Families and Educational Inequality
Quiz: Chapter 5 (pgs 115-130)