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Course Outlines
Course Outlines

Introduction to Sociology — SOCY 1110

  1. Course Description
    • Credits: 3.00
    • Lecture Hours/Week: 3.00
    • Lab Hours/Week: 0.00
    • OJT Hours/Week: 0
    • Prerequisites: None
    • Corequisites: None
    • MnTC Goals:
      • 05 – Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
      • 09 – Ethical/Civic Resp
    This course is an introduction to the scientific study of human behavior, with a focus on how social forces shape people?s lives. Students will learn about basic sociological theories and how sociologists conduct studies. Topics include culture, socialization, race, gender, sexuality, family, crime, and social inequalities. Students will also examine how institutions, social movements, and policies impact various social phenomena and individuals. Students will use a sociological perspective to explore their own citizenship and evaluate their ethics of social responsibility.
  2. Course Effective Dates: 4/5/99 – Present
  3. Outline of Major Content Areas
    1. Culture and Socialization
    2. Research Methods
    3. Social Groups, Including Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
    4. Social Institutions, Practices, and Policies
    5. Social Responsibility
    6. Sociological Theories
  4. Learning Outcomes
    1. Explain four of the leading sociological theories
    2. Identify the research methods sociologists use
    3. Apply sociological theories to social inequality and other social phenomena
    4. Describe how social institutions, social movements, and policies impact social issues
    5. Recognize their own social group memberships and how society impacts them
    6. Examine personal ethics related to citizenship and social responsibility
  5. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies
      Goal 05 — Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
      • Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
      • Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
      • Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
      Goal 09 — Ethical/Civic Resp
      • Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.
      • Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.
      • Identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
  6. Learner Outcomes Assessment
      As noted on course syllabus
  7. Special Information
      None noted