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Class
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Meetings: Section 9: Class #10439 Monday & Wednesday 9:35AM - l1:00AM, PH1-140
Office hours will be 8;45AIVI - 9:25A1VI @ psych 40f (562) 985-22981
Location:
TEXTS:
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The impact of Sociology as an academic discipline and its value to the everyday living of students
lives. Students will be able to explain and analyze the main theoretical and research perspectives
in sociology and apply them to an array ofsocial interests.
To critically consider existing and future social policies through the lens of the three main
sociological paradigms, Structural-Functionalism, Social Conflict theory, and SlmbolicInteractionism. Students will embody the qualities of an open-minded but critical thinker in the
examination of sociological topics and problems, systems, and thinkers.
To grasp a novitiate's understanding ofthe essential terms, concepts and theories ofintroductory
sociology. Students will develop an appreciation for what C. Wright Mills called the Sociological
Imagination; that is the ability to situate his or her life in a social context and to understand the
impact of social forces on the individual.
To acknowledge the empirical.experience of knowing that, because of Sociology, one's life long
learning is now a "given."
Assignments
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Paper*
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Spring semester class paper will be minimum three-page (3) papea double spaced, size
12 font or smalleq on a question formulated by the instructor for you to demonsfrate
your knowledge and application of the Sociology you have Iearned this semester.
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assignments in class.
02/09
02116
Nurture
Understanding Socialization
Agents of Socialization
Resocialization: Total Institutions
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03/09
03/11
03/16
9.
Dramaturgical Analysis
Language: The Gender Issue
10.
03/23
Formal Organizations
Origins of Bureaucracy
Characteristics of Bureaucracy
Problems of Bureaucracy
McDonaldization of Society
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03/30
12.
04106
15. 04127
16. 05104
17. OSIII
FINALEXAM WEEK.
FINAL EXAM FRIDAY MAY 15.2015 8:00 AM
10:00AM
ACCEPTED.
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apprwed activities.
Tacting in clqss is not permitted qnd is subject to reprimand by the instntctar
To be caught cheating daring a test is
Plagiarism is cheating, the taking of ideas, words of another as one's ownwithout being documented
appropfiatety is not allowed. See the CSULB policy on academic inte$ity, as outlined in fhe CSULB
University Catalog.
Keep cell phones and devices offand out of sight.
Make-up acams are subject to the decision of the instructor in keepingwith the explanation of the situation.
Anything and everytthing contained in the syllabus is subject to change with timely noticefrom the
instructor to the studenl.
h is the student's responsibility to drop the course ifyou no longer want to stay enrolled in the
class.