Course Overview and Goals Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. The course concentrates on human behavior and assumes that it is largely shaped by social interaction.
Sociology helps to open the mind to the deceptively familiar world of our social arrangements.
It prompts us to question the customary. It encourages us to entertain alternatives. It makes us aware that our personal experience is but a sample of the more general human experience. In completing this course, you will acquire a basic sociological understanding and sensitivity to the issues of race, class, gender and ethnicity, as well as knowledge of principles, methods, procedures, and vocabulary used in the study of sociology. Demonstrate a foundation of scientific knowledge about sociological topics and social science methodology.