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Course Title: Introduction to Sociology

Course Number: Sociology 101

Course Description: Course Description

The basic concepts, principles, and processes in sociology. The course is an introduction to material relating to culture,

social interaction, institutions, and social change.

Textbook: Giddens, A., Mitchell, D., Applebaum, R.P. & Carr, D. (2014). Introduction to sociology. Seagull 9th ed.

New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Course Objectives: By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Define sociology, identify the basic component of the sociological perspective and understand the major

sociological theories.

Become familiar with the historical development of sociology.

Understand the normative systems and the impact of culture upon human behavior.

Identify the importance of a global perspective and the interdependence of our world’s nations and peoples.

Understand the major features of social stratification systems.

Define various forms of social organizations and understand the relationship between social structure and human

behavior.

Online Learning


Course Structure and Schedule

Week/Unit/Module #1: Sociology and Sociological Thinking

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Chapter 1: What is Sociology?

identify what sociology is:

explain every day topics are shaped by social and historical forces;

demonstrate sociological imagination;

discuss how sociology originated;

understand the significance of early sociologists;

identify some of the leading theorists; and

see the practical applications of sociology.

Media

Films On Demand -

Sociology Defined

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Giddens, Ch. 1

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Please enter your introduction in this Discussion Board. This is a 2 -3 minute video. Simply tell us about yourself. Please check the Db expectations and grading guidelines by clicking on the Db Guidelines button on the left.

Video is to be uploaded to YouTube.

Link submitted in DB#1.

Simply tell us about yourself. You might want to share information about: what program of study you are in; what your career goals are; what outside interest and hobbies you might have; what your favorite book is, etc.

These are just suggestions. You are encouraged to be creative in your introduction.

A#1 DB #1* 25 pts. I 1/17/15 Open a Films On Demand account. Open a YouTube account and channel. *All DBs are qualitative assessments.

FOD – Sociology Defined – provides concise definite of sociology


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Chapter 2: Asking and Answering Sociological Questions

the steps of the research process;

complete the research process;

identify the different types of sociological questions;

contrast Park’s and Ogburn’s visions of sociology as a science;

understand their influence on contemporary sociological research;

explore sociological research methods;

know advantages and disadvantages;

understand how ethical dilemmas and controversies can result.

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FOD –

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Doing Sociological Research

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Giddens, Ch. 2

DB#2

Ethics In Research A researcher wants to observe how new comers to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are received and integrated into the group. Asking members to talk to her simply will not do. She wants to experience this firsthand. The obstacle she faces is that most AA meetings are closed meetings. Only people who are seeking sobriety are welcome to attend. This rule is to protect the privacy of the recovering alcoholics. The researcher is aware of this rule and decides to use deceit to enter the meetings. She portrays herself as an alcoholic struggling with sobriety issues. Your discussion should address the following questions, use sociological vocabulary and refer to sociological concepts and theories. Your primary post should not be longer than 250 words. 1 Is this ethical?

A#2 DB#2 15 pts. I 1/17/15 Weekly Quiz 1** Ch. 1-2 50 pts. I 1/17/15 **All Weekly Quizzes are quantitative assessments.

FOD - “Doing Sociological Research”

provides overview of different sociological research methods


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2 Do the benefits of understanding a recovery program outweigh the potential harm to the program members who may feel violated and the anonymity of the program compromised?

Does Warren Buffet's statement that there are not negatives to being ethical apply to this scenario? Justify your answer.


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Week/Unit/Module #2: Culture and Society

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Chapter 3: Culture and Society

understand culture;

recognize differences between culture and society;

define “cultural turn”;

discuss sociological perspectives;

understand processes that change societies;

identify legacies of colonialism;

recognize effects of globalization;

identify influence of biology and culture on behavior; and

identify influence of interne/global culture on local cultures.

Media

Search for video re: reality as defined by culture

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Globalization – Core of Sociology

America’s Growing Economic Divide

The Business of Poverty

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Giddens Ch. 3

DB#3

Compare and contrast the concepts of culture and society. Pick one topic of your choice (use of chairs, for example) and discuss how this topic is impacted by culture as opposed to society.

OR

Blog#1

After watching the Films-On-Demand video entitled “America’s Economic Divide” make a Blog entry in which you share with your classmates your reflections on three major points from the video that directly impact you or people you know.

Your primary Blog post is due by 11:59 PM, Wednesday and two response posts are due by 11:59 PM, Saturday. Your primary post must be approximately 250 words. Your response posts must be substantive

A#3 DB#3 or Blog#1 15 pts. I or G 1/24/15 Weekly Quiz#2 Ch. 3 25 pts. I 1/24/15

“America’s Economic Divide” (FOD)

provides information about how politics impacts economic status

“The Business of Poverty” (FOD) gives information about how common business practices and how medical bills are processed lead to taking advantage of the poor.


Week/Unit/Module #3: Socialization and the Life Cycle

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Chapter 4: Socialization and the Life Cycle

identify the four main agents of socialization;

learn the stages of the life courses;

discuss their similarities and differences among cultures;

learn the major theories of child development;

learn how recent research on midlife and child-care challenges assumptions about midlife, gender roles and child care; and

discuss the debate over the influence of media on gender role socialization.

Media

YouTube – Piaget & Erickson re: Child Development Stages

FOD – The Greying of America Pat One

The Greying of America Part Two

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Supplemental reading:

EDUC 202 Child Development handouts

DB#3

Discuss one of the following:

1. The agent of socialization which you feel has impacted you the most. Provide applicable examples.

2. How the greying of America impacts you today and how it will impact the field you will enter upon graduation.

Remember to use the sociological vocabulary, concepts and theories you have learned in this chapter.

A#4 DB#3 15 pts. I 1/31/15 Weekly Quiz#3 Ch. 4 25 pts. I 1/31/15

The Greying of America – Parts One & Two (FOD)

Impact of a growing aged population on economics.


Week/Unit/Module #4: Social Interaction and Internet

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Chapter 5: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

understand the core concepts of the “impression management” perspective;

identify how we use it’s techniques in everyday life;

compare/contrast theories of interaction, ethnomethodology, and conversation analysis;

understand the relationship between social interaction and broader features of society;

identify how face-to-face interactions remain important in the age of the Internet.

Media

FOD – Beauty Backlash

Symbolic Interactionism

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Giddens Ch. 5

Supplemental readings

Goffman’s writings

DB#4

Discuss what is meant by the “impression management perspective” and demonstrate understanding at least one of its core concepts.


“Beauty Backlash” (FOD)

how advertising and marketing impact self image


Week/Unit/Module #5: Groups, Networks and Organizations

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Chapter 6: Groups, Networks and Organizations

learn the variety & characteristics of groups;

identify the effects groups have on individual behavior;

define an organization;

understand the development of organizations over the last 200 years;

learn Weber theory of organizations & bureaucracy;

learn Foucault’s theory of surveillance;

understand importance & advantages of social networks;

define “McDonaldization”

Media

Search for video re: youth gangs and individual behavior

Foucault’s Theory of Surveillance

Weber Theory of Organizations and Bureaucracy

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Giddens Ch 6

DB#5

Discuss one of the following:

According to Weber’s Theory of Organizations and Bureaucracy, bureaucracy increases productivity and efficiency. Agree or disagree with his premise. Remember to use sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing this issue. OR

Identify the main points of Foucault’s Theory of Surveillance. Does this theory apply to 21st century life? Defend your position by using sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing this issue.

OR

Explain what is meant by “McDonaldizaton” and discuss how your everyday life is impacted by it. Support your position by using sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing


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Foucault’s Theory of Surveillance

Weber Theory of Organizations and Bureaucracy

extensive explanation of the two theories


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understand serendipitous impacts of social networks;

identify alternatives to bureaucracy;

explore influence of technology on organizations.

this issue.

Week/Unit/Module #6: Conformity, Deviance and Crime


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Chapter 7: Conformity, Defiance and Crime

define deviance;

identify its relationship to social power & social class;

discuss sociological theories of crime and their usefulness in understanding deviance;

recognize positives & negatives of crime statistics;

understand why groups are more likely to commit or be victims of crimes;

identify varieties of crime;

explore best solutions to reduce crime; and

identify ways individuals and governments can address crime.

Media

Search for videos re:

FAS and Prison rates

Racial and social class inequities and incarceration

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Giddens Ch. 7

Blog#2

Discuss only one of the following 3 topics for this week’s Blog. Support your position by using sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing this issue.

1. Are there some acts or traits which you think would be universally or near universally considered deviant? Discuss how they are not universal by noting variations in definitions of deviance by time, place and social context.

2. Discuss the social functions of deviance.

A#7 Blog#2 15 pts. I 2/21/15 Weekly Quiz#6 Ch. 7 25 pts. I 2/21/15

Scott Newman Foundation

How Drugs Impact Your Baby

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https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=fetal+alcohol+syndrome+and+criminal+behavior+video










Week/Unit/Module #7: Stratification, Class and Inequity

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Chapter 8: Stratification, Class and Inequity

learn importance of stratification, background & material success;

know theories;

identify US class differences, how they are influenced and defined;

discuss how the gap between rich/poor has grown;

identify how people become marginalized and forms of it;

learn why poverty exists and how to combat it; and

understand personal chances of social mobility;

How have inequities grown since the 1970s.

Media

FOD – The Business of Poverty

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Giddens Ch. 8

DB#6

After viewing the Bill Moyer’s segment entitled “The Business of Poverty” and reading the supplemental readings abut critical thinking and ethics, discuss one of the following:

Business practices viewed as ethical behavior

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Consumer’s responsibility to think critically.

Support your position by using sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing this issue.


“The Business of Poverty” (FOD) gives information about how common business practices and how medical bills are processed lead to taking advantage of the poor.


Week/Unit/Module #8: Global Inequality

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Chapter 9: Global Inequality

identify systemic differences tween wealth & power among countries;

identify impact of different global economic SOL;

analyze success of newly industrialized economies;

discuss why some societies are wealthier than others & how global inequality can be overcome; and

explore how globalization might shape global future inequality.

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Giddeon Ch. 9

DB#7

In one of the Bill Moyer segments you watched, you were introduced to a man who has the best job he’s ever had but still is not earning a living wage. This situation prompted him to continue his education. Refer to this scenario and discuss both the positive and negative impact of globalization on an individual’s life.

Support your position by using sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing this issue.

A#9 DB#7 15 pts. I 3/7/15 Mid-Course Assessment Quantitative 10 pts.


Chapter 20: Globalization in a Changing World

recognize factors that influence social change;

understand debates between skeptics; hyperglobalizers & transformationalist over whether globalization differs radically from previous human history;

recognize importance of information flows, political changes and transnational corporations;

identify how globalization has influenced the rise of individualism, changing work patterns, popular culture, risk and inequality in modern society;

evaluate the notion that social change is leading to a postindustrial stage of socializations; &

understand why new forms of global governance are needed to address the risks, challenges and inequalities of globalization.


Week/Unit/Module #9: Gender Inequality, Ethnicity and Race

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Chapter 10: Gender Inequality

understand biological & sociocultural factors impact on gender differences;

compare/contrast explanations for gender inequality;

learn feminist theories of gender equality;

identify inequalities between and within genders;

understand how woman experience economic/political inequality globally; and

learn workplace & violence gender-based inequalities.

Media

Search for videos re: global, national, regional, and Idaho gender inequality

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Giddens Ch. 10

Statesman news article

DB#8

Recently, the subject of equal pay for women is once agin in the news. In Idaho, women 77% of what men earn for the same job as compared to 77% on a national level. You have been provided with supplemental readings which discuss how Idaho recently ranks when it comes to gender equality. Discuss how these findings impact the economic and political experiences of females living in Idaho. Do these facts impact males living in Idaho. What impact do these findings have on attracting business to the state?

Support your position



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by using sociological vocabulary, concepts, theories and thinking when addressing this issue.


Week/Unit/Module #10: Aging

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Chapter 11: Ethnicity and Race

identify cultural bases of race & ethnicity/how racial & ethnic differences create divisions;

learn history/social dimensions of American ethnic relations;

discuss importance of historical roots of ethnic conflict;

understand models of multiethnic society;

learn US forms of racial/ethnic inequality;

identify how some have overcome societal barriers; and

understand global migration patterns and their effects.

Media

Ethnicity – The 9th Day of September video – extra credit on Netflix

Race – Freedom Summer (FOD)

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Giddens Ch. 11

Blog#3

Discuss the social, economic, political and personal effects which the greying of America has on the 21st century job market.


The 9th Day of September explores the 1976 Olympics massacre and the impact of media on how Muslims were first viewed as violent.


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Chapter 12: Aging

learn facts about increase in US aging population;

explore concept that aging = biology+social process+psychology

understand theories of aging;

evaluate US experience of aging as impacted by race, social class, gender, & cohort;

understand/analyze generational equity politics; and

impact/issues of global graying.

Media

FOD – Aging America and Public Concern – To Be Old, Black and Poor

America’s Aging Population

Aging America and Health Care Reform

Staging of Life and Aging

Attitudes About Aging

Aging Successfully

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Giddens Ch. 12

Wiki#1

A#12 Wiki#1 25 pts. 4/4/15 Weekly Quiz #10

FOD – Aging America and Public Concern – To Be Old, Black and Poor

America’s Aging Population

Aging America and Health Care Reform

Staging of Life and Aging

Attitudes About Aging

Aging Successfully

Each film addresses a different aspect of aging as a sociological concept.


Week/Unit/Module #12: Government, Power and Social Movements

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Chapter 13: Government, Political Power & Social Movements

understand modern nation-states & social movements;

learn theories of power in a democracy;

learn modern-day democracy trends;

compare/contrast globalization & technology on today’s social movements;

learn about nationalism and the importance of nationalist movements;

evaluate if democracy is in trouble;

understand why voter turnout is low; and

examine if Internet is encouraging democracy.

Media

Politics (is democracy in trouble) (FOD)

The Two-Party System (FOD)

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Giddens Ch. 13

Journal#1

Earlier in the semester you read about the differences between society and culture. Recall and apply that information and knowledge to your journal entry about the following topic:

It has been shown that ISIL (or ISIS) is successful in recruiting teens and young adults from the United States and Canada to join its cause. Discuss the elements of American and Islamic society and culture that you believe make this possible.

A#13 Journal#1 15 pts. I 4/11/15 Weekly Quiz#11 Ch. 13 25 pts. I 4/11/15

Politics (is democracy in trouble) (FOD)

The Two-Party System (FOD)

Explores the current state of the two-party system in America.


Week/Unit/Module #13: Work and Economic Life

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Chapter 14: Work and Economic Life

assess significance of work and the sociological ramifications of paid/unpaid work;

understand modern economies based on DOL and economic interdependence;

learn Marx’s theory of alienation;

identify importance of rise of large (global) corporations;

learn effect of global economy on employment; and

explore how work will change in the future.

Media

Complex Worker-Product Relationship: The Voices of China’s Workers (TedTalk)

FOD

Global Economy and Moral Imperatives

Corporations’ Global Empire

Corporate Accountability

YouTube – Bill Gates and Warren Buffet on Ethics and the Economic Crisis

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Giddens Ch. 14

DB#9

Apply a discussion of the sociological concepts and theories you have learned in this chapter to a examination of any of the videos you watched this week except the Bill Gates and Warren Buffet YouTube video.


Complex Worker-Product Relationship: The Voices of China’s Workers (TedTalk)

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Global Economy and Moral Imperatives

Corporations’ Global Empire

Corporate Accountability

YouTube – Bill Gates and Warren Buffet on Ethics and the Economic Crisis


Week/Unit/Module #14: Families and Intimate Relationships

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Chapter 15: Families and Intimate Relationships

learn sociologist definition & description of families;

review development of sociological thinking about families;

identify how families have changed over the last 500 years;

identify patterns of marriage, childbearing & divorce;

analyze how these patterns differ today from other times; and

recognize alternatives to traditional marriage & family patterns.

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TV Programs – All in the Family vs Modern Family

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Giddens Ch. 15

Statesman articles

DB#10

The topic of same-sex marriages has been in the news for quite some time. Idaho elected officials have fought to keep this from being legal within its borders. Review their position about what constitutes a family with the development of sociological thinking about families.



Week/Unit/Module #15: Education, Religion in Modern Society

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Chapter 16: Education

learn sociologists’ explanations for achievement gaps between different student groups;

understand social functions of schooling;

learn 3 major sociological perspectives of the role of schooling in society;

identify the most important research on education as it relates to reducing or perpetuating inequality;

learn social & cultural influences on educational achievement; and

identify current educational issues of sociological concern.

Media

Family, School and Culture (TedTalk)

Changing US Education (TedTalk)

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Giddens Ch 16

DB#11

In your readings this week you were introduced to the most important research on education as it relates to reducing or perpetuating inequality. Apply these findings to Idaho’s education system and hypothesize what this means for the future of Idaho’s children.


Positive aspects of family, school, culture interaction in a time of great change in US Education


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Chapter 17: Religion in Modern Society

learn the elements

that make up religion;

understand sociological approaches to religion developed by Marx, Durkheim & Weber;

understand the contemporary secularization debate;

understand the religious economy approach;

know forms of religion in traditional and modern societies;

learn sociological dimensions of religion in the US;

recognize changing interrelationships between gender & religion;

learn sociological debates surrounding such trends as fundamentalism, secularization & religious violence.

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Politics and Religion are Technologies of War (TedTalk)

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Giddens Ch. 17

