教學大綱 Syllabus

Grades can be expected for each assignment within 2-3 weeks of handing in the assignment. If you do not receive your grade in that timeframe (and the professor has not indicated that it will be taking longer), please contact the professor to ensure that the original submission was received.

Due dates are important, and they are indicated in the syllabus. For every 24 hours that an assignment is late, 5% will be deducted from the assignment’s total grade, for a maximum of 20%. Assignments submitted later than 7 days late will receive a grade of 0 and will not receive feedback. Both assignments can be submitted to christinelcook@outlook.com via email.

The class will be assessed in four ways with the following weights:

1. Attendance (20%)
   1. Because this course involves a lot of in-class activities (designing and executing studies together), attendance is required.
   2. The first class does not count toward this attendance score, as it is during the add/drop period.
   3. Each time you attend a lecture (or lecture + in-class activity) course, you get 1% added to this score (for a total of 10%). Each time you attend an in-class activity course, you get 2% added to this score (for a total of 10%).
2. Qualitative Assignment (35%)
   1. In this assignment, students will write the method and results section of a completed qualitative study.
   2. Students have the option of doing a write-up for either the a) interview practical or b) the focus-group practical. If students choose to do independent study, this is also an option, but data collection will be their responsibility if they so choose.
   3. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment.
   4. The following is the rough breakdown of grading:
      1. Methods Section (50% of assignment)
         1. Participants Sub-Section
         2. Procedure Sub-Section
         3. Materials Sub-Section
      2. Results Section (50% of assignment)
         1. Assumption Testing Sub-Section
         2. One Sub-Section Per Hypothesis/RQ
3. Quantitative Assignment (35%)
   1. In this assignment, students will write the method and results section of a completed quantitative study.
   2. Students have the option of doing a write-up for either the a) survey practice or b) the experiment practical. If students choose to do independent study, this is also an option, but data collection will be their responsibility if they so choose.
   3. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment.
   4. The following is the rough breakdown of grading:
      1. Methods Section (50% of assignment)
         1. Participants Sub-Section
         2. Procedure Sub-Section
         3. Materials Sub-Section
      2. Results Section (50% of assignment)
         1. Assumption Testing Sub-Section
         2. One Sub-Section Per Hypothesis/RQ
4. Grant Pitch (10%)
   1. This is the final presentation of the course, but should be worked on throughout the class, as it will require you to build on themes we encounter throughout the semester.
   2. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment.
   3. Each member of the class will have to design a social-science study involving one of the methods we covered in this class (either with or without a practical).
   4. During the presentation, participants must:
      1. Give a rough overview of the problematic ()
      2. Cover all RQ’s and/or hypotheses ()
      3. Explain the proposed methodology ()
      4. Explain the potential social impact of the study ()
      5. Do all of that within 5 minutes ()
   5. If the student cannot make the final class due to illness or bereavement (these are the only two options accepted for missing the final class), it is the student’s responsibility to schedule a make-up pitch time with the professor.