Summer 2014  |  SOC 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Sociology (81807)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014
Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Scientific study of human societies/behavior. Major theories, methods, concepts, research findings. Characteristics of basic social units, their patterns of interrelation, processes of change.
Class Description:
Do you have a good imagination? Do you know what it means to have a sociological imagination? In this class, we will discuss what it means to think about the social world in a sociological way. We will review a wide range of topics studied by sociologists, including interpersonal interaction, the state and politics, and social inequalities stemming from a number of differences, including racial, gender, and class differences. We will ask both how social change happens, and how social continuity is preserved. We will make connections between the mundane and not-so-mundane aspects of daily life, and the structural and historical contexts within which those aspects unfold. To develop a sociological imagination is to develop an understanding of how historical and structural conditions come to inform even the most seemingly "natural" or insignificant parts of our lives, as well as how our daily practices come to shape the world. In this class, you will be called upon to think of old topics in new ways, and continually challenged to ask yourself just how it is that you have come to know what you think you know.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
10% Quizzes
10% Attendance
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Multiple choice questions, short answer, and definitions of terms
Class Format:
35% Lecture
25% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Field Trips
Workload:
50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81807/1145
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
10 April 2014

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