INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Fall Semester 2014
Class – 1233
Instructor: Rick Coulter
Office: Levine 2450
E-mail - RICHARD.COULTER@CPCC.EDU
Office Hours: Levine –
Phone: 704-330-4248
T- 9:-9:30; 1:30-4:30 W- 10:00-1:30
TR 11:00-12:15
R-9:00-9:30; 12:30-3:00 Advising: T -2:00-4:00
By appointment on Friday
* Read over the Syllabus carefully - You are responsible for what is on it.
TEXTBOOK:
The required textbook is The Real World: 4th ed. by Kerry Ferris & Jill Stein. The lectures are designed to enhance and elaborate on the information presented in the readings. Students are responsible for all material presented in class including films and class discussion. PREREQUISITES:
The English prerequisite can be completed by fulfilling any one of the following requirements: RED-090, ENG-090,ENG-090A or ENG-095, ENG-095A or EFL-111, EFL-112 (S20514) or ENG 090, ENG 090A, EFL 112 or RED 090, EFL 111 or ENG 111 with a grade of C or better or appropriate CPT scores
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course introduces the scientific study of human society, culture, and social interactions. Topics include socialization, research methods, diversity, and inequality, cooperation and conflict, social change, social institutions, and organizations. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of sociological concepts as they apply to the interplay among individuals, groups, and societies. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in social/behavioral sciences.
OBJECTIVES:
This course introduces the scientific study of human society, culture, and social institutions. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Assess the impact of group membership within a society on an individual’s life experience
Identify the interplay between social institutions, culture,