Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

OOSL-0035

Organization's ID:

SOC101

Organization:

StraighterLine

Location:

Online

Length:

14 weeks (75 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	introduction to sociology

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide a broad overview of sociology and how it applies to everyday life. Major theoretical perspectives and concepts are presented, including sociological imagination, culture, deviance, inequality, social change, and social structure. Students also explore the influence of social class and social institutions, such as churches, education, health care, government, economy, and environment. The family as a social structure is also examined.

Learning Outcomes:

view people's behavior from a sociological perspective, discover one's own sociological imagination, and apply it to a variety of social problems and situations
discuss the development of sociology as a science and differentiate it from the other social sciences
list at least five sociologists and their major contributions to the field
describe the three major sociological perspectives- functionalist, conflict, and interactionist- and analyze human behavior applying these perspectives appropriately
explain the elements of a culture and how culture is different from society
explain the seven steps of the scientific research process and recognize appropriate research procedures in an experiment or an article describing research
explain the relationships between social structure, social stratification, and the consequences of social status
list at least four universal social institutions and describe the characteristics of each
describe how inequality and other social factors contribute to social change
summarize the relationship between socialization and the family.