Course credit
3 credit hours
Course description
Scientific approach to analysis and understanding of culture, human groups and institutions, personality, self and social control.
Delivery
This course is available in a web-based format, utilizing web pages and WebCT, a computer conferencing program. WebCT requires Internet access and a web browser — no additional software is required. Students may need access to someone who can assist with computer set-up.
This course is available in a print-based format. Mail completed assignments to the GIS Office. We will forward them to the instructor for grading.
Prerequisites
none
Instructor
Marybeth Stalp, Assistant Professor
Evaluation
15 assignments, 4 exams
Overview
The objective of this course is to provide you with a general survey of the field of sociology, and will provide you with a discipline-specific way in which to think about, view, and understand the social world and your place in it. Therefore, the readings, assignments and exams focus on understanding the basic social processes in society and how you can apply them to everyday events, both small and large, both personal and political.
Course organization
You will read 15 chapters in the book, Sociology, a Down-to-Earth Approach, by James Henslin. You will complete one assignment for each chapter, and take four exams.
Basic Outline
Chapter 1
The Sociological Imagination, Quiz One
Chapter 2
Culture, Quiz Two
Chapter 3
Socialization, Quiz Three
Chapter 4
Social Structure and Social Interaction, Quiz Four
Chapter 5
How Sociologists Do Research, Quiz Five
EXAM 1
Chapters 1-5
Chapter 6
Societies to Social Networks
Chapter 7
Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations
Chapter 8
Deviance and Social Control
EXAM 2
Chapters 6-8
Chapter 10
Social Class in the United States
Chapter 11
Sex and Gender
Chapter 12
Race and Ethnicity
EXAM 3
Chapters 10-12
Chapter 13
The Elderly
Chapter 16
The Family
Chapter 17
Education
Chapter 19
Medicine and Health
EXAM 4
Chapters 13, 16, 17, 19
Grading
20% for 15 assignments
80% for 4 exams (20% each)
100% Total
Textbook(s)
Henslin, J.M. Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Press. 2005.
Zumpetta, A.W. Instructor's Manual for Henslin. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. 2005.
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To enroll
ONLINE
GIS enrollment information
IN PERSON
UNI Continuing Education
2637 Hudson Road (corner of 27th St. and Hudson Rd.)
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0223
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For more information
Cindy Klodt, Guided Independent Study
UNI Continuing Education
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ContinuingEd@uni.edu