SOCI 101/121 Principles of Social Organization

Man as social animal and the basis 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.