Overview
Sociology 331: Exposed! Sociology of Environment and Aging is a three-credit, intermediate-level course that explores how and why environmental factors can affect your health across the life course. It also explores strategies for prevention of such diseases as cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes.
Evaluation
Credit for SOCI 331 is based on the grades you achieve on three tutor-marked assignments and a final examination. You must achieve a grade of D (50 percent) on the final examination and a minimum overall course grade of D (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1 | 20% |
| Assignment 2 | 10% |
| Assignment 3 | 35% |
| Final Exam | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
There are numerous required readings and short videos from a variety of sources for this course. All required readings, videos, and other course materials are available on the course website.