Understanding Violence:

UC Irvine Fall 2015

Soc Sci 189

Location: SSLH100

Professor Al Valdez

Course Code # 71076

Time: Wed 7-950pm

T.A. Ksenia Gracheva

T.A.

Email: AJVALDEZ@UCI.EDU
Email: gracheva@uci.edu
Office: SST 595
Office: SSPA 4178
Office Hours:
Office Hours: Weds 1-3pm
Phone: 9097307569 (emergencies only)
Course Website: https://eee.uci.edu/15f/71076

Email:
Office:
Office Hours:

INSTRUCTOR/TA CONTACT: It is best to contact us by email on the class web site. Please include your full name and student ID in
the email, there are many students with same name. Please also check the class website for updates. Please do not email your
instructor directly UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY, which is a life or death situation, serious injury or serious illness to you or
an immediate family member. I will have regular office hours to answer routine questions and quiz review.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will explore some types of violence encountered in the community, including
domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and elder abuse. Models of self-care will be presented. The power cycle
and how violence can affect brain development. Victims of violence will be guest lecturers and professionals who work in
the field will also present. To cover this material appropriately sometimes graphic material in the forms of pictures and
videos will be presented in class.
Add/Drop Policy: The last day to ADD or DROP this course without dean signature October9, 2015
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Class attendance is mandatory; students are responsible for the assigned readings and participation
in each class discussion. Lectures will not be recorded or posted anywhere, so if you miss class, get notes from a peer. Course
requirements also include 4 in-class quizzes, which will be based on lectures and assigned readings, and taken on Scantron Form
#288. No class will be held on finals week.

COURSE GRADE: The final course grade is based on the following criteria: 4 Quizzes, to be taken during class on Weeks 3, 5, 7 &
10. Each quiz is worth 50 points and will be in the True/False or multiple choice format. For each of the 4 quizzes, you will need to
bring a Scantron Form #288 to class with you. *Your final grade is your total earned quiz points divided by 200 (total possible points
from 4 quizzes x 50 points each). The class is not curved and grades are not rounded, boosted or bumped up. I appreciate you hard
work and effort but no points are awarded for that. You must fill in and bubble your name, student and test form A on all scrantorns, if
you do not 5 points will be taken away from your score
APPROXIMATE GRADING SCALE BY TOTAL POINTS & PERCENTAGES:
A = 180-200
B= 160-179
C= 140-159
D= 120-139
F = < 119

(A+ > 96.50%

(B+ > 86.50
(C+ > 76.50
(D+ > 66.50

A
B
C
D

> 93.50%
> 83.50
> 73.50
> 63.50

A - > 90.00%
B - > 80.00
C - > 70.00
D- > 60.00

QUIZ REVIEWS: Your scantrons for each quiz will be kept for only one week after the grades for that quiz are posted. It is your
responsibility to check EEE to make sure your scores have been entered correctly and notify us about any questions or corrections.
You can review each quiz with either of us during our office hours, but reviews for each quiz must all be completed before the next quiz
is taken. For example, you can review Quiz #1 only up until the time before you take Quiz 2, so after Quiz 2 has been taken, Quiz 1 can
no longer be reviewed. No grade changes will be made after final grades are submitted for the quarter, please check EEE
frequently and verify all quiz scores are updated and correct, this is your responsibility. Please notify me immediately if there is an error.

Quiz Considerations: During quizzes cell phones and computers are to be off, and using them during a quiz will result in injection
from the exam and receiving a score of zero. If you are caught talking or looking at someone elses answer sheet during a quiz you will
also receive a zero for the quiz. On Weeks 3, 5, 7 & 10, quizzes will be given in class. No one will be allowed to take any quiz without a

Scantron Form #288, or if they arrive to class after the quiz starts. SO BE ON TIME! There are no exceptions for missing quizzes (for
example over slept, no ride, couldnt get up, I didnt know, I forgot). All students MUST take the quizzes at the stated date and time.
THERE ARE NO MAKEUP EXAMS.
Accommodations: It is the policy of the University of California to make reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities, in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If a student with disabilities needs accommodations, the student must notify the Disability
Services Center on campus. Procedures for documenting student disability and the development of reasonable accommodations will be provided to
the student upon request. Students will be notified by the Disability Services Center when each request for accommodation is approved or denied in
writing via a designated form. To receive accommodation in class, it is the students responsibility to present the form (at their discretion) to the
instructor. In an effort to protect the student privacy, the Disability Services Center will not discuss the accommodation needs of any student with
instructors. Faculty may not make accommodations for individuals who have not been approved in this manner.

Academic Honesty: Academic dishonesty will NOT be tolerated. For a clear understanding of the meaning of, and the penalties for,
academic dishonesty, please see: www.editor.uci.edu/catalogue/appx/appx.2.htm

REQUIRED TEXTS & READINGS: Weekly reading assignments are assigned from the course textbook, but you may also be given
assigned readings regarding this subject matter. The required textbook is:
1. Family Violence: Beyond Bruises , Nicole Maiocco and Mike Maiocco, Police and Fire Publishing, ISBN:978-0-9821157-8-7
Go to: www.policeandfirepublishing.com
2. Articles posted on the class web site
WEEK

DAT
E

Sept 30
E-lecture

ASSIGNMENT

Self-Care and Introduction to Understanding Violence

Guest Dr. Mandy Mount

Readings: week 1 readings class web site

2
3
4
5

Where Violence Happens

Oct 7

Readings: week 2 readings class web site

Quiz 1

The Tools of Violence and the Use of Violence as Entertainment

Readings: week 3 readings class web site

Oct 21

Identifying the Effects of Violence and Defining Violence

Oct 14

Oct 28

Quiz 2

5
6

Nov 4

Nov 11

Quiz 3

Nov 18

Nov 25

10

Dec 2

Quiz 4

Readings: week 4 readings class web site

Understanding the Impact of Poverty on Violence
Readings: week 5 reading class web site
Understanding Domestic Violence (Intimate Partner Violence)
Readings: Maiocco Chapters 1 and 2 and week 6 reading class web site
Types of Domestic Violence
Readings Maiocco Chapters 5 and 7and week 7 reading class web
site
Dating Violence
Readings: Maiocco Chapters 3 and 6 and week 8 reading class web site
Sexual Assault
Readings: week 9 reading class web site
Elder Abuse
Readings:

week 10 reading class web site

* Class Schedule is subject to change