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 Department:    SOC&

 Course #:    101

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    451101

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2019

 Course Description  

An overview of the social structure and the processes of social interaction which contribute to the formation and understanding of human conduct. Includes a survey of basic sociological perspectives and theories, institutions, socialization patterns, stratification, minorities in society, social problems, human environments, social control, and social change processes.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Completed ENGL& 101 with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Social Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Appreciate the methods and significance of the sociological enterprise both as a scientific approach to the study of our social environment as well as an explanatory science for understanding human interactions and social forces
2. Describe and understand the basic building blocks, research strategies, and theories in sociology
3. Understand the nature of stratification systems and how they are related to specific ageing and health care, and related forms of social inequalities
4. Understand key aspects of mass society through patterns of group behavior, institutional life and opportunity structures
5. Understand the major concepts and technical language the sociologist employs to describe and analyze various aspects of the social system
6. SOCIAL SCIENCES: Explain the variables that influence the structure of cultures and societies.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Engage

Definition: Interact with humans and the environment informed by an understanding of equity.

Course Contents

1. Development of sociology as a scientific study of human behavior
2. Definitions of sociology, basic orientations in sociological analysis, and sociologic perspectives
3. Elements of social organization and intstitutional structure: communication, roles, norms, statuses, groups, social structure
4. The nature of institutional life - the family, education, religion, economy, bureaucracy, formal and informal organizations
5. Socialogical perspectives on social structure
6. Social stratification and political and economic power
7. Minorities in society: social mechanisms of minority/majority relations and the forms and consequences of discrimination
8. Social impacts of the Civil Rights Movement: pluralism and the multicultural enterprise
9. Development processes, social change, and Ecosystems
10. Research strategies, observational techniques, and research design as used in sociology
11. Applying sociology to Census Data - computations in social realities
12. Sociological theories: classical, evolutionary, cultural, functional, conflict symbolic interactionsim, developmental, and World Systems theory
13. Reflections on Sociological theory: the role of diversity in sociological outlooks
14. Social problems: consensual and deviant behavior, labeling and stigmatization, institutional breakdowns, social control, enforcement vs. justice, conformity and group pressures