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Aug 28, 2025
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MCOs for Faculty and Staff [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SOC& 101 - Introduction to Sociology
Credits: 5
This course explores the relationship between the individual and the larger social structures to better understand the organization of society and social processes. Students will critically examine inequities that are perpetuated by social structures with hierarchical organizations across social categories like race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, health and ability, age, religion, family, and environment.
Course Outcomes:
- Develop an understanding of the relationship between social structures and individual agency (i.e., the sociological imagination) to better understand diverse experiences.
- Develop scientific literacy by evaluating research methods for validity, generalizability, and reliability.
- Evaluate social dynamics with attention to diverse social groups using the major sociological perspectives (i.e., structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism).
- Apply the social constructionist perspective to complex social phenomena.
Course Topics:
- The sociological imagination
- Sociological research methods
- Major theoretical perspectives in sociology
- Social constructionism
- Socialization
- Groups, networks, and organizations
- Elements of culture and different subcultures
- Forms of deviance, criminal behavior, and processes of social control
- Media and technology
- Social change
LEC Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Formerly: SOC 101.
Recommended: READ 088.
Course Attribute(s): Diversity, Social Sciences
OEE Permitted: No
Grading Basis: Graded
Instructor/Department Consent Required: No Consent
CIP Code: 45.1101
Default Section Size/Cap: 35
Quarter(s) offered:
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