Course Schedule

Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 201A), Hybrid

Spring 2015, First Nine Weeks (CRN 30421)

Frank Ha, PhD

Syllabus, Part 2. Course schedule

This is the tentative course schedule. Modifications to this schedule will be announced.

Chapters in Essentials of Sociology are indicated by blue font.

Lecture notes are in maroon font. Lecture notes will be posted on Moodle.

Exam dates are indicated by red font.

Note: The dates in parenthesis are suggested read-by dates. Ideally, you should have done all the readings and started posting to the discussion forums by this date. Posting deadlines are noted in Moodle.

Day 1 (Tuesday, January 20)

Introductions and overview of the course

Day 2 (Wednesday, January 21)

What is sociology?

• Lecture: What is sociology? (all lecture notes are posted in Moodle)
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 4-10)

Theoretical perspectives

• Lecture: Theoretical perspectives
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 10-23)

Day 3 (Monday, January 26)

Research methods

• Lecture: Research methods and statistics
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 23-37)

Day 4 (Wednesday, January 28)

Culture

• Lecture: Culture
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 41-60)

Society

• No lecture notes for the topic of Society
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 60-71)

Consumerism in late modern societies

• Lecture: Consumerism in late modern societies

Day 5 (Monday, February 2)

Midterm 1 (on San Luis Campus on Monday, February 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., in room 6304)

Day 6 (Wednesday, February 4)

Social interaction

• Lecture: Social interaction
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 4: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Sociology of emotions

• Lecture: The sociology of pride and shame

Day 7 (Monday, February 9)

Crime

• Lecture: Crime
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 6: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Day 8 (Wednesday, February 11)

Social Stratification

• Lecture: The class system
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 7: Stratification, Class, and Inequality
• Lecture: Poverty

Day 9 (Wednesday, February 18)

Gender

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 9: Gender Inequality

Understanding gender

• Lecture: Understanding gender

Understanding gender inequality

• Lecture: Understanding gender inequality

Day 10 (Monday, February 23)

Midterm 2 (on San Luis Campus on Monday, February 23, from 5 to 7 p.m., in room 6304)

Day 11 (Wednesday, February 25)

Race and ethnicity

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 10: Ethnicity and Race

Understanding race and ethnicity

• Lecture: What is race?

The new racism

• Lecture: The new racism

Day 12 (Monday, March 2)

Family

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 11: Families and Intimate Relationships

Dating and hooking up, love, and mating

• Lecture: Dating and hooking up, love, and mating

Day 13 (Wednesday, March 4)

Democracy

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 13: Politics and Economic Life
• Lecture: Democracy

Day 14 (Monday, March 9)

Sociology of the body

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 14: The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality
• Lecture: Sexual orientation inequality

Day 15 (Monday, March 16)

Final (on San Luis Campus on Monday, March 16, from 5 to 7 p.m., in room 6304)