Undergraduate Courses

GENERAL INFORMATION:

  1. All Level 100 and 200 courses are compulsory
  2. Sociology Major Students are expected to take a minimum of 18 credits (3 core and at least one elective) from the Department in each semester).  
  3. All students combining with Sociology are expected to take a minimum of 9 credits which must include the first 3 core courses listed each semester
  4. All minoring students are expected to take a minimum of 6 credits, which should include the first two core courses listed each semester.
  5. Students should not duplicate courses in other Social Science Departments (see further explanations for Levels 300 and 400 courses below).

 

Course Code Title
SOCI 121 Principles of Social Organization

Credit Hours - 3

Man as a social animal and the basis of social life; Social interaction and the constitution of society; The sociological perspective on society; Building blocks of social organization; Concepts for analyzing social structure and culture: norms, folkways, mores, mores, values, status and role, ethnocentrism, cultural relativity, assimilation and multiculturalism, etc.; Social hierarchy and differential rewards; groups and organizations; Cultural background of personality; Socialization; Social institutions: the family, etc.; Social order and social conflict, Deviance and social control; Social change; Major founders of Sociology; Careers in Sociology.

SOCI 102/122 Diversity of Peoples and Cultures

Credit Hours - 3

Evolution and diversity of humanity; Unities and diversities in social organizations; Ecology, economy and society; Modes of subsistence and adaptation: hunters and gatherers/foraging, horticulture,  agriculture, pastoralism,  modern industrialized economies –  capitalism, communism/ socialism, mixed economies; Exchange systems; Marriage, family and kinship; Religious beliefs, values, and practices; Political organizations; Health, disease and culture; Imperialism, colonialism, development and underdevelopment.