OVERVIEW CALENDAR INSTRUCTOR PEOPLE RESOURCES SYLLABUS COURSE UNITS DEPARTMENT CSUS	Sense and Nonsense of Social Research California State University, Sacramento	Unit 1: Getting Started Unit 2: Research Project: Ethics of American Youth Unit 3: Title of course section Unit 4: Title of course section Unit 5: Title of course section
	Refer to the course syllabus for the overall course goals and objectives and the course calendar for test dates and activities. Use the Web search services to find more information on the World Wide Web. First obtain Saclink account if you do not have one yet. Go to the student computer lab to obtain information for creating Saclink and dialing-up from home.
	Unit 1: Getting Started Unit Goals and Objectives   Become oriented to the sociology of cyberspace. Learn basic skills in accessing the Internet to obtain information and to communicate with others. Reflect on the vast possibilities available in the virtual society and on their possible adverse side effects.     Lecture Notes Description and/or link to lecture notes page Date   Assigned Readings     Read netsurf and cyberspace materials. Netsurf reading list: Netsurf discussion seminars: Netsurf related courses: Society, cyberspace, future: Death in Cyberspace:   Group Activities E-mail exchange Send E-mail to one another, introducing yourself. Find out who your classmates are, where they are from, what they major in, what their aspirations are, and all sorts of other interesting things. Find groups of interest in cyberspace and communicate with members. User Netgroup Social Issues     Exercises     Webquest: Select a topic in the controversial areas of ethics such as medical ethics, business ethics, and ethics in politics Describe how to start your search. Classify the websites into categories and subcategories. For each site, give a summary of the contents. Give an overall summary of your findings.  Java Funs Discussion Groups Refer back to the People section for information on communication tools and student e-mail addresses     Conference on Web (COW) Each student is a moderator for a particular topic of choice. Start a conversation for discussion. Participate in discussion for the conversations initiated by others. Summarize the discussion which you have moderated and post it on COW.  Weekly       Web Resources     Net Search Web resources can be searched by the subject or key word. On-line sources: Subject-oriented search Keyword-oriented search     Library Resources   Link to campus library or other library resources.   Assessment         OVERVIEW / CALENDAR / INSTRUCTOR / RESOURCES / SYLLABUS / COURSE UNITS DEPARTMENT / CSUS Page updated: February 7, 2000