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UNIT OUTLINE: THE SOCIOLOGICAL VIEW/ SOCIOLOGICAL
RESEARCH
A. What is Sociology?
i. Definition
ii. The Sociological Imagination
iii. Sociology vs. Commonsense
B. The Development of Sociology
i. The Origins of Sociological Thinking
ii. Major Thinkers and their contributions
- Auguste Compte
- Harriet Martineau
- Herbert Spencer
- Emile Durkheim
- Max Weber
- Karl Marx
C. The Major Theoretical Perspectives
i. The Functionalist Perspective
ii. The Conflict Perspective
iii. The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
D. Conducting Sociological Research
i. The Scientific Method
ii. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
ii. Research Designs
- Experiments
- Surveys
- Secondary Analysis
- Field Research
iii. Ethics in Research
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TERMS TO KNOW:
Alienation
Bourgeoisie
Class conflict
Commonsense Knowledge
Conflict Perspectives
Dysfunctions
Functionalist Perspectives
Global Interdependence
Industrialization
Latent Functions
Macrolevel analysis
Microlevel analysis
Means of Production
Perspective
Positivism
Power Elite
Proletariat
Social Darwinism
Social Facts
Social Solidarity
Societal consensus
Society
Sociological Imagination
Sociology
Symbolic Interactionist
Perspectives
Hypothesis
Objective
Theory
Deductive Approach
Descriptive studies
Explanatory Studies
Inductive Approach
Independent Variable
Dependant Variable
Experimental Group
Control Group
Survey
Questionnaire
Interview
Secondary Analysis
Field Research
Complete Observation
Participant Observation
Ethnography
FEBRUARY 2011~ SOCIOLOGY
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
2
Welcome to
Sociology
Thursday
3
What is
Sociology??
Course Outline
Notes
Expectations
Exercise:
Thinking
Sociologically
Reading:
Why Study
Sociology?
7
The
Sociological
Perspectives
Notes
Video:
Sociological
Perspectives
Textbook Assign.
The Perspectives
14
Ethical Issues
in Research
Reading
Video:
The Milgram
Experiment
Discussion
Review:
Quiz #1
Video:
Why Sociology?
Friday
4
The Origins of
Sociological
Thinking
Handout/Lecture
Notes
Worksheet
8
Perspectives
continued…
9
Sociological
Research
10
Research
continued…
11
Research
continued…
Reading:
What kind of social
scientist are you?
Notes
Qualitative vs.
Quantitative
Research
Worksheet
Group Work:
Exploring the
Sociological
Perspectives
Introduction/
Explanation:
Reading
Assignment #1:
An Idea Whose Time
has Come
15
16
Seminar
DUE: Reading
Assignment #1
Topic Selection
Quiz- Unit 1
Intro. to:
“THE SEMINAR”
Presentation
Date Selection
Notes
Video:
Sociological
Research
UNIT # 1
STUDENT
OUTCOMES
THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: THEORY AND
METHODS
a) Define sociology and outline its contributions to
social understanding.
b) Describe the sociological imagination; explain its
importance in understanding people’s behaviour.
c) Explain what Mills meant by the sociological
imagination, how private troubles are linked to
public issues, and why it requires us to include
many points of view and experiences in our
thinking.
d) Using references, explain why sociologists need to
develop a Global Sociological Imagination.
e) Define race, ethnicity, class, sex, and gender, and
explain why these terms are important to the
development of our sociological imaginations.
f) Discuss industrialization and urbanization as factors
that contributed to the development of sociological
thinking.
g) Identify Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, Herbert
Spencer, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber and
explain their contributions to early sociology.
h) Outline the major assumptions, and key
contributors, of functionalism, conflict theory, and
symbolic interactionism.
i) Distinguish between microlevel and macrolevel
analyses and state which level of analysis is utilized
by each of the major theoretical perspectives.
j) Distinguish between the quantitative and qualitative
research models.
k) Identify the research methods employed by
sociologists, their advantages as well as their
limitations.
m) Distinguish between common sense knowledge and
fact.