3 Units
Introduction to Sociology
EXPLORING SOCIETY
EXPLORING SOCIETY: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY challenges students to expand their knowledge of sociology by increasing their awareness of social forces, communities, and human relationships. Lively and engaging programs dramatize human conflicts at the core of all sociological issues, and includes interviews with sociologists chosen for their expertise and diverse backgrounds. Students will realize that to be social is to make decisions about how they participate in the human story.
It has 22 episodes, broadcasted by KVCR-TV, on Thursdays, from
8:00-9:00 a.m. on the following dates:
9/4/2003
9/11/2003
9/11/2003
9/18/2003
9/18/2003
9/25/2003
9/25/2003
10/2/2003
10/2/2003
10/9/2003
10/9/2003
10/16/2003
10/16/2003
10/23/2003
10/23/2003
10/30/2003
10/30/2003
11/6/2003
11/6/2003
11/13/2003
11/13/2003
Sociological Perspectives
Sociological Tools
Culture
Socialization
Social Interactions, Relationships, and Structure
Social Groups
Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy
Communities, Societies and Nations
Social Stratification
Social Class
Gender
Race and Ethinicity
Age
Deviance and Social Control
Social Institutions: Religion, Family, and Economics
Social Institutions: Politics and Education
Health and Medicine
Communications Media and Technology
Population and Urbanization
Social Change
Social Action
