INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (3 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Explain key concepts in sociology and basic quantitative methods, concepts and tools; Review vertical stratification (social classes and social mobility) and human variation based stratification (gender, racial, ethnic, and religion); Explain personality, deviance and social control; Explain the dynamic of social changes and their relations to different sociological institutions, and how mass media can affect it in local and global context.

Topics:

This class introduces students to sociological basic assumptions, especially in explaining human being in different social contexts. The class starts from society, socialization, interaction, groups, social structure, followed by the introduction to quantitative methods: statistic, and questionnaire, continues to understanding of vertical and horizontal stratification. The class is also introducing different social institutions such as education, religion, health, and social movements, all from macro and global perspectives.
Pre-requisite: None