SYLLABUS
FALL, 1996

Course: Sociology 2004, Social Problems

Instructor: Theodore Fuller, 656 McBryde, 231-8969

Office Hours: M and F 11 :00-11 :50, or any time you can find me in my office. Call me or send e- mail to TED.FULLER@vt.edu to ask a question or set up an appointment.

Class time and place: M,W 10:00-10:50, McBryde 321; F 10:00-10:50, Williams 221

Texts: Curran and Renzeffl, Social Problems, 4th edition, 1996.

William H. Frey, Investigating Change in American Societv, Wadsworth, 1996.

Goals: The goals of the course are to identify the dimensions, magnitude, and causes of a variety of social problems.

Evaluation Your course grade will be based on out-of-class writing assignments, computer exercises, and three exams (including the final exam). The out-of-class writing assignments will count for 15 percent of your course grade. The computer exercises will count for 10 percent of your course grade. Each exam will count for 25 percent of your class grade.

The first two exams will be in class on September 30 and November 4 and the final exam will be at 7:45-9:45AM (yuck!!!) on Tuesday, December 17.

I do give pluses and minuses on course grades.

Honor Code: Students are expected to adhere to the Honor Code.