SOC 101
Invitation to Sociology Fall 2022 (also offered Spring 2023)
Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
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This course provides students with an introduction to sociological analysis and an overview of sociology as a discipline. We will focus on the relationship of individuals to the social world and become acquainted with systematic institutional analysis. Students will explore the intersection of biography, history, culture, and social structure as seen in the work of classical and contemporary social thinkers, including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, and Goffman. Special consideration will be given to the social and cultural problems of capitalism, rationality and irrationality in modern institutions and organizations, the psychological dilemmas facing the individual in modern society, and the problem of social order and conflict.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 30
Expected: 30
Class#: 1640
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: Thoughtful and consistent participation, reading responses, and a final project and presentation
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: first-year students and sophomores
Distributions: Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
DPE Notes: This course interrogates the social construction of identities, and how these differences manifest unequally in institutions. To familiarize themselves with the practice of sociology, students will sketch a research program that looks beyond individual-level explanations to address a social phenomena or social problem of interest.

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