AttendanceClass ActivitiesCourse ObjectivesExamsExtra PointsGradingGrading StandardMake-Up ExamReadingRequired TextResearch ProjectTopics and ReadingsCredit QuestionnaireCredit Writing-UpClass NotesREQUIRED TEXT:
Richard Schaefer, Sociology A Brief Introduction, McGraw-Hill, 7th edition. Additional reading assignment will be placed in the Library.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The course is intended to introduce you to the field of sociology. Sociologists are primarily concerned with regularly occurring patterns in social life. In other words, we look at how people behave in groups and why we do things we do. In this course you will become familiar with the language of sociology and learn to apply the language to different social problems, issues, and events around you. We will look at such things as:
Are there social classes in the U.S.? How can you tell what social class someone is from? How does social class work?
How do people choose their marriage/life partners?
What are the hidden inequalities of race and gender (even after over two decades of civil rights legislation)?
What are the causes behind the dramatic increase in female-headed households?
And, finally, why don't people talk in elevators?
By the end of this course, you will have the tools and the language to take other more advanced classes in sociology and hopefully, know more about the society in which you actively participate.
