Sociology

Essential Learner Outcomes

SO.SOC.1 - The student will explain how such factors as physical endowment and capabilities, family, gender, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, attitudes, beliefs, work, and motivation contribute to individual identity and development

SO.SOC.2 - The student will describe the ways cultural and social groups are defined and how they have changed over time.

SO.SOC.3 - The student will analyze how groups and institutions can influence people, events, and culture both in historical and contemporary settings

SO.SOC.4 - The student will analyze the process by which societies socialize their members

SO.SOC.5 - The student will identify different groups and the patterns of interaction they have with each other

SO.SOC.6 - The student will analyze Social Stratification and Social Class as they relate to wealth and poverty

SO.SOC.7 - The student will understand and describe how societies respond to crime and deviance

SO.SOC.8 - The student will analyze issues of cultural assimilation and cultural preservation among gender, ethnic and racial groups in the US

SO.SOC.9 - The student will analyze issues of cultural assimilation and cultural preservation among gender, ethnic and racial groups in the US