Who they are, what they believe, what they strive for, and how they feel about themselves are all dependent on others and the society in which we live. The incorporation of the sociological perspective requires that we examine the structure of society to understand social problems. The second fundamental assumption is adopting a critical stance toward all social forms . Each exam will count for one third of your grade. Class discussion of readings is encouraged.
Attendance is very important.
Term paper or scrap book will count for one third of your grade. I would like you all to pull out of the daily newspapers or the weekly magazines jokes and caricatures about social problems and to bring them to class. Our primary objective will be to uncover the causes of problems and their relations to other areas of social behavior. Each student will be asked to prepare a scrap book, or to write a term paper on Social Problems in Egypt or the Arab World. A social problem consists of a substantial discrepancy between widely shared social standards and actual conditions of social life.