SOC 151 - Principles of Sociology
Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090 and ENGL 090 or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C6 General Education Social Systems Satisfier Y
MTA Social Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: FWSU
This course introduces the concepts of culture, socialization, social structure, social stratification, racial and ethnic relations and deviancy. These concepts are used principally to examine life in contemporary United States. Whereas psychology focuses on individual behavior, sociology focuses on behavior resulting from membership within and between groups.
Notes: Humanities/Social Sciences Division
Theory Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the discipline of sociology, what sociologists do, sociological methodology, and how sociologists describe the social world.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objective D.
2. Identify and apply micro, meso, and macro level theories for understanding social behavior and social groups across cultures.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
3. Recognize group and organizational interaction.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A and B.
4. Demonstrate how deviance functions as a sociological principle.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives B and C.
5. Define and describe the reality of social stratification (via wealth, race, ethnic group, and gender) as a form of social understanding and determination across cultures
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
6. Recognize social institutions (familial, legal, judicial, educational, religious, political, economic, and medical) as shaping, guiding, and determining social forces across cultures.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
7. Demonstrate understanding of the social world as dynamic and evolutionary.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objective B.
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