SOCI 1101 Introduction to Sociology

A survey of the structures, processes, and functions of human society. Topics covered include sociological theory, methods, marriage and family relationships, class and race relations, deviant social behaviors, world population issues, and other modern social problems. This course was previously offered as SOCI 1121 Sociological Perspectives. Students may not earn credit for both SOCI 1101 and SOCI 1121.

Credits

3

Notes

This Core IMPACTS course is part of the Social Sciences (Social Sciences) area. Core IMPACTS is the University System of Georgia (USG) and GCSU core curriculum, which is designed to ensure that students acquire essential knowledge in foundational academic areas and develop career-ready competencies to support their broad academic and career goals.

This course should direct students toward this broad Orienting Question: How do I understand human experiences and connections?

Course content, activities and exercises in this course should help students develop the following Career-Ready Competencies: Intercultural Competence, Perspective-Taking, Persuasion

Completion of this course should enable students to meet the following USG Core Learning Outcome: Students will effectively analyze the complexity of human behavior, and how historical, economic, political, social, or geographic relationships develop, persist, or change.

Completion of this course will also enable students to meet the following GCSU Core Learning Outcome: Students will be able to interpret social science research from various sources.