SOC 1101

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SOC 1101

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course is a broad introduction to the field of sociology. Course materials are designed to illustrate the distinctive features of the sociological perspective and to start you thinking sociologically about yourself and the broader social world. To think sociologically is to recognize that being embedded in the world constrains behavior, and that individuals are both social actors and social products. To think sociologically is also to recognize that our contemporary world, with its enduring cultural, political, and economic institutions, is as much a social product as we are. We will begin by covering theoretical and methodological foundations of the sociological perspective.  We will go on to explore the concept of social stratification and will survey primary axes of social difference. In the second half of the course we will look more closely at how individuals relate to each other, how social inequality is enacted and reinforced in everyday life, and at the way in which the organization of social life shapes individuals and groups, such as through social networks, residential neighborhoods, schooling, families, and on-line communication.

When Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

Distribution Category (SSC-AS) (D-AG, SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3384 SOC 1101   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  3933 SOC 1101   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  3934 SOC 1101   DIS 202

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    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  3935 SOC 1101   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  5758 SOC 1101   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  3936 SOC 1101   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  3937 SOC 1101   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  4410 SOC 1101   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  4411 SOC 1101   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  4412 SOC 1101   DIS 209

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  •  4630 SOC 1101   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J

  • 12014 SOC 1101   DIS 211

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sullivan, J