Explores the universality of the social experience by addressing such topics as culture, socialization, social interaction, bureaucracy, norms and diversity, social inequality, social institutions, modernization, technology and social change, world views, values and behavior. Examines problems inherent in social structure concerning the balance between individual freedom and social control. Social Issues in a Global Context. An examination of current global social issues, such as industrialization, economy, work, inequality, social movements and socio-political change. Addresses questions of definition, nature, history, patterns and consequences of various issues, using sociological perspectives to examine and critique proposed social policies.
Course offers students a wide range of explanations of deviance.
Topics considered are the functions, social definitions, societal reactions and political aspects of deviance as characteristic of all societies. Deviant attributes as well as acts are considered. Individual in Society. Explores the relationship between ourselves, as individuals and society. Examines major contributors to the social science tradition including Freud, Marx, Hegel and Mead.