The course will consist of two two-hour lectures with open discussion time each week. The student will be required to discuss lecture problems and assigned readings in open lecture theme periods.
Each student may be obliged to prepare, deliver and defend one short seminar paper during the semester. This paper may provide the basis of the final essay.
Audio-visual material will be utilized wherever appropriate to illustrate course content and directed field research will be encouraged on the part of the student for the final essay.
The evaluation will be based on course objectives and carried out in accordance with Douglas College policy. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation may include a combination of exams, short written assignments, participation, seminar presentations, essays, or book reports.
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
An example of an evaluation scheme would be:
| Midterm | 30% |
| Term Paper | 30% |
| Library Assignment | 10% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
At the conclusion of the course the successful student will be able to:
Texts will be updated periodically. Typical examples are:
No prerequisite courses.
No corequisite courses.
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
| Institution | Transfer details for SOCI 1145 |
|---|---|
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO SOC 1XX (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU SOC 200 (3) |
| Coquitlam College (COQU) | COQU SOCI 102 (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU SOCI 2XXX (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG SOCI 1XXX (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU SA 200 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU SOCI 2100 (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU SOCI 1XX (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO SOCI_O 2nd (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV SOCI_V 1st (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC SOSC 1XX (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV SOC 210 (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC SOCI 103 (1.5) |
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CRN
32348
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Wed | Instructor last name
Christensen
Instructor first name
Ben
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Course status
Open
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SOCI 1145 001 - This course can count as a relevant course in an Associate of Arts specialization in Intercultural & International Studies.