Sociology
Course Id:   1479
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Course Overview
InstitutionzzzThe VHS Collaborative (SB)
SubjectSociology
Education LevelHigh School
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Course Description
Sociology students examine the influence of society, the groups we belong to, and institutions like government, family, education, religion, media, etc. on human behavior. We use popular movies and contemporary events, plus research, as the foundations for class discussions of issues such as crime and who defines criminal behavior and the legal response to it; gender inequality in the workplace; and the impact of media on violence and sexual behavior. Poverty and minority groups are discussed with a focus on how being a person of color shapes one's opportunities and life chances. Learners are exposed to the possibility of community-wide responses to social problems, instead of the "fix the individual" approach. Learners will also experience the scientific method of studying society, through design and execution of a survey and interpretation of results.


Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to--1) Explain the uniqueness of Sociology within the social sciences;

2) distinguish the different ways that functionalists, interactionists, and conflict theorists view social issues;

3) discuss culture and the concept of socialization and the agents of socialization;

4) define and discuss deviance in its many forms including crime and mental illness, modes of adaptation to culture, plus the agents of social control whose job it is to control deviance;

5) identify social inequality within American culture and the major institutions of society, including issues of discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism;

6) contrast the "blame the victim" vs "blame the system" approaches to solving social problems;

7) consider issues of change in the social institutions of the family, economy, education, and government;

8) become familiar with the methods of sociological research, including design, implementation, and analysis of a survey.


Academic Content:

Sociological understandings of culture; deviance and social control; social inequality and discrimination; social institutions of family, economy, education, and government; methods of sociological research.


Kinds of Assignments:

Analyze contemporary movies for the presence of sociological concpets; discuss sociology of the community one lives in and current events; research terms and concepts using internet/printed resources; and E-lectures by instructor and/or reading articles from the Internet; quizzes, midterm and final exams.



Delivery Method

  • Internet
  • Real-Time Web-Based Teacher Access


  • Course Materials
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