SPRING SEMESTER 2011

SOCIOLOGY 101:
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

How do people organize themselves into large and small groups?  How can we understand the diversity of human behavior in the world?  We will study systems of social control within families, churches, schools, governments, economic systems, and other social groups to understand general patterns of social organization.  Topics include culture, socialization, gender, race, social class, and social change.

 

SOC 101: Principles of Sociology

meets

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Sec. 04 (CRN: 16166): 9:25 to 10:40 in Kethley 229

Sec. 02 (CRN: 17514): 10:50 to 12:05 in Kethley 229

 

The book for this course is:

 

Society: The Basics by John J. Macionis, Tenth Edition (2009)
Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ

ISBN: 978-0-13-501882-8

 

For more information on this course, contact the Course Instructor: 

Dr. Alan Barton

214 Kethley Hall

(662) 846-4097

abarton@deltastate.edu