Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to
Rural Sociology

• Mary Grigsby
• Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
• Division of Applied Social Sciences

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Topics of Discussion

• Getting to Know You
• Information about myself
• Information about your
• Organization of the Course
• What the Course Covers
• Assignments

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Information About You- Information About Me

• What is your name?
• What is your student number?
• What is your campus or local address?
• What is your phone number?

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Information About You- Information About Me

• What year and semester in school are you?
• What is your major or area of academic interest?

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Information About You-Information About Me

• High School attended?
• What was the size of your graduating class?
• Where are your from? Town, State, Country?
• Why did you come to college?

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Information About You-Information About Me

• What are your career goals?
• Did you grow up in a rural or urban setting?
• Why did you take this course?

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Organization of the Course

• Syllabus
• Assignments
• Home Page

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Syllabus

• Mary Grigsby, Associate Professor of Rural
  Sociology
• Office Room 228 Gentry Hall
• Phone [phone]
• Office Hours Monday and Friday 2 to 4 p.m.
• (or by appointment)
• E-Mail grigsbym_at_missouri.edu

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Course Objectives

• The course is designed to enable you to acquire
  a working knowledge of basic sociological
  concepts and principles of sociology and how they
  are used to offer understanding of the process of
  social change.

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• Course Objectives
• In this course you will be exposed to the rich
  diversity in rural society, changes underway in
  rural places, and to current social issues and
  problems.

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Course Objectives

• The course focuses on the United States in a
  global context and explores the interconnections
  between rural/urban and local/global economies
  and cultures.
• Rural issues cant be separated from broader
  patterns of social change and issues facing all
  societies.

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Requirements

• 1. Two Exams worth a total of 60 of your grade.
• 2. In-class assignments, and activities spread
  throughout the semester comprise 40 of your
  grade.
• 3. Regular attendance is expected and necessary
  for your success in the class.

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Syllabus Guidelines and Statements

• No Computers, Cell Phones, or Other Communication
  Technologies May be Used During Class
• Statement for ADA
• Statement for Intellectual Pluralism
• Statement for Academic Honesty

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Reading Assignment

• Ferrante, Chapter 1 The Sociological
  Imagination (2-25)
• Do the Online Tutorial Quiz offered on the
  textbook web site. This assignment is for your
  own review, please do not submit it to me.

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Internet Assignment

• Get your student Internet access user name and
  check out the course web pages by going to the
  Blackboard tools for the course at
  http//courses.missouri.edu/.
• The class homepage is linked to the course
  information in Blackboard.