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06/18/2011 12:05:28
Introduction to Sociology
SOCI-1301
Summer 2011
05/23/2011 - 08/08/2011
Course Information
Section 012
Distance Learning
ONL RGC
Jerry Shepperd
shepperd@austincc.edu
(512) 223.3057
Office Hours
No office hours have been entered for this term.
Course Requirements
EXAM 1 - Chapter 1, Schaefer, Sociology Matters, Videos 1, 2, and 3
EXAM 2 - Chapters 2 and 3, Schaefer, Sociology Matters, Videos 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
EXAM 3 - Chapters 5, 6, and 7, Schaefer, Sociology Matters, Videos 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14
EXAM 4 - Chapters 4, 8, and 9, Schaefer, Sociology Matters, Videos 15, 16 and 17
EXAM 5 - Chapters 10 and 11, Schaefer, Sociology Matters, Videos 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22,
The course grade will be the average of the five (5) examination scores.
Grading scale:
A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F = 59 and below
Readings
Richard T. Schaefer
Sociology Matters 4th Edition.
New York: McGraw-Hill (2009)
ISBN: 978-0-07-340431-8
Course Subjects
Course Topics
1: The Sociological View
2: Culture and Socialization
3: Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure
4: Deviance and Social Control
5: Stratification in the United States and Global Inequality
6: Inequality by Race and Ethnicity
7: Inequality by Gender
8: Social Institutions: Family and Religion
9: Social Institutions: Education, Government, and the Economy
10: Population, Community, Health, and the Environment
11: Social Movements, Social Change, and Technology
Videos
Available as Streaming Video
http://irt.austincc.edu/streaming/telecourses/si.html
1. Why Sociology?
2. Sociological Perspectives
3. Sociological Tools
4. Culture
5. Socialization
6. Social Interactions, Relationships & Structures
7. Social Groups
8. Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy
9. Communities, Societies and Nations
10. Social Stratification
11. Social Class
12. Gender
13. Race and Ethnicity
14. Age
15. Deviance and Social Control
16. Social Institutions: Religion, Family and Economics
17. Social Institutions: Politics and Education
18. Health and Medicine
19. Communication Media and Technology
20. Population and Urbanization
21. Social Change
22. Social Action
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
COURSE GOALS
1. To develop a sociological perspective on social behavior that is based on the scientific principle rather than on common sense.
2. To gain insight into the social behavior of people in other cultures and adopt a position of cultural relativism.
3. To understand the process of socialization and how we become social (human) beings.
4. To become aware of the different ways in which people act, feel, think, and define their situations based on such social characteristics as their sex, social class, age, ethnic group, geographical region, or nationality.
5. To identify fundamental patterns of conflict that are present in social life on the interpersonal level and among groups and nations.
6. To begin to understand some of the underlying causes of what we call social problems and to see how sociological data enter into policy decisions.
7. To become a more informed consumer of social science data.