Major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Adam Smith, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Arnold, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Freud. Required for all Sociology majors. Contemporary efforts to address, evaluate, and extend questions posed by classical social theorists.
Approaches represent the diversity of modern theories.
An introduction to the study of organiations. Topics include the de-skilling controversy, leadership and organizational change, competitive strategy, interorganizational coordination, worker ownership, and the Japanese firm. Basic methods of social research ranging from field work and ethnography to survey research and historical sociology. Hands-on experience in designing and implementing a research project. Required for all Sociology majors.