SOC22010 - Introduction to Sociology

(3 units)

Dynamics of group life, social process, and social organization; social institutions and systems (family, education, economics, politics, religion, health); fundamental theoretical concepts underlying sociology, their use in organizing and elucidating data on social phenomena, and relationship to contemporary social issues and problems. The course analyzes social categories of race, gender, class, sexuality and ability and their impact on social relationships and dynamics.