PROCEDURES

AND
REQUIREMENTS
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An Experiment

• Putting my most
popular courses on
line...
• Please give me lots of
feedback on the
content and videos
throughout the course
• On the discussion
forums.

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 Requirements

1. Online 2. Readings 3. Three 4. Final

lectures open-book closed-book
short quizzes f2f
on Canvas
examination

5. Short written
exercise

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 1. ONLINE
LECTURES
• Every Monday, I will release the
lectures for the week.
• 3-6 lectures will be posted each
time and links to some
documentaries.
• Most are 6-12 minutes long.
• They are of high quality. Some
have music and video clips
inserted.
• Watch on a big screen!
• You must watch them in the
right order or they won’t make
sense.
• They are in MP4 format. A PDF
of the slides will also be
provided.
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NEED
SUBTITLES?

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2. READINGS
• For most modules
there will be:

• 1. A chapter/section of
the textbook
• 2. A short additional
reading

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 Textbook
• Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach by James M.
Henslin, Pearson New International Eleventh Edition.
• From:
• University bookstore (HKD310) downloadable
https://w5.ab.ust.hk/cgi-
bin/std_cgi.sh/WService=broker_ba_p/prg/ba_stdt_main
.r.
• OR
• HKUST Library Reserve Desk: both hard and soft copies

IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE OTHER EDITIONS

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Additional
readings
• Original works of
sociology
• Available on Canvas
• Do not worry if you don’t
understand everything.
• I will tell you in advance
what I want you to find
out from them
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 3. THREE SHORT OPEN-
BOOK QUIZZES

• Scheduled outside of normal class hours

on Saturdays at 10am on Canvas
• I expect you to take them independently
without communicating with other
students.
• They will mostly be multiple choice and
maybe one or two short answers.
• I will drop the lowest score. So if you have
to miss a quiz, it will not affect your Final
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 4. FINAL EXAMINATION
• Proctored face-to-face at HKUST (Covid
restrictions permitting)
• Scheduled during the University
Examination Timetable (17-19th Dec)
• Closed book
• Cumulative. It will cover the entire course
• Attendance is required.

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Coverage of quizzes and Final Examination

• The quizzes and Final Exam will cover lectures, readings and
content of the Discussion Forums (where they are relevant to the
course materials).
• Not memory tests of names or specific dates. I will ask you about
concepts and to give examples of concepts as well as about the
results of the studies presented.
• Pay attention to the words in green and the questions I ask about
the readings.
• I will give you some sample questions closer to the quizzes and
exam

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 Quiz and Final Exam dates
Date Time Venue
Quiz 1 8th Oct (Sat) 10:00 – 11:00 CANVAS

Quiz 2 29th Oct (Sat) 10:00 – 11: 00 CANVAS

Quiz 3 26th Nov (Sat) 10:00 – 11: 00 CANVAS

Final Exam Scheduled by Scheduled by HKUST HKUST (Covid restrictions

HKUST during permitting)
final exam period
(7-19 Dec)

• ASIDE FROM BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE ONLINE

QUIZZES AND PRESENT AT THE FINAL EXAM, NO
OTHER ATTENDENCE IS REQUIED.
•

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 NO MAKE-UP
QUIZZES
• Please do not schedule job
interviews or other
activities over the quiz
dates.
• If you are unable to attend
a quiz, zero points will be
awarded for that particular
quiz.
• This will be the score that
you drop, and your grade
will not be affected.
• FACE TO FACE
ATTENDANCE AT FINAL
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EXAM IS REQUIRED
5. SHORT
WRITTEN
EXERCISE
• There will be a short written
exercise (approx. 500-1000
words) which will allow you to
undertake your own sociological
research/analysis.
• The exercise will be completed
individually.
• More details about the exercise will
be made after the add/drop period.

• The exercise will be due for online

submission by midnight on Nov 7th.
I may share the best exercises with
the class.
•
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 The Final Grade
Breakdown

•
• Canvas quizzes 30%
• Final exam 50%
• Assignment 20%
•

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How to get in
touch with us?
• The best way to get my feedback
is by posting your question on the
Canvas online discussion forums. I
will check these daily.
• Postings should be in English, and
strictly no foul language or
personal attacks on individual
students or faculty.

• Otherwise, if you need to talk to

me privately, you may contact me
here:
• sosc1850@ust.hk
• Please check with discussion
boards before emailing.
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 Please respect my
copyright
• I’m happy to share my lecture notes
and videos with you.
• But please do not upload them to
course sharing websites, YouTube or
on social media.
• This may spoil the learning
experience for future students and
provide unfair advantages.
• If we find that you have done this,
we will have to ask you to take them
down and
• We may have to report you to the
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