Course Schedule
Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 201A)
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.
Spring 2016 Semester calendar
Week 1, Part 1
Introductions and overview of the course
Week 1, Part 2
What is sociology?
- Lecture: Sociology and Other Ways of Knowing (Slides)
- Lecture: Origins of Sociology (Slides)
- Lecture: The Sociological Imagination (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 4-9)
- Lecture: Theoretical perspectives (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 9-20)
Week 2, Part 2
Research methods
- Lecture: Research methods and statistics (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 20-37)
Week 3, Part 1
Culture
- Lecture: Culture (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 39-57)
- Lecture: Society (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 57-71)
Week 5, Part 1
Social interaction
- Lecture: Social interaction (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 4: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet
- Lecture: The sociology of pride and shame (Slides)
Week 6
Crime
- Lecture: Crime, Part 1 (Slides)
- Lecture: Crime, Part 2 (Slides)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 6: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime
Week 7
Week 8
Social Stratification
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 7: Stratification, Class, and Inequality
- Lecture: The class system (Slides)
- Lecture: Poverty (Slides)
Week 9
Gender
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
- Lecture: Understanding gender (Slides)
Understanding gender inequality
- Lecture: Understanding gender inequality (Slides)
Week 10
Week 11
Race and ethnicity
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 10: Ethnicity and Race
Understanding race and ethnicity
- Lecture: What is race? (Slides)
- Lecture: The new racism (Slides)
Week 12
Week 13
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 (Slides)
- Lecture: Cohabitation (Slides)
- Lecture: The changing family (Slides)
- Lecture: Divorce (Slides)
Week 14
Week 15
Democracy
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 13: Politics and Economic Life
- Lecture: Democracy (Slides)
- Lecture: The Future of Democracy (Slides)
- Lecture: Democracy, Capitalism, and Transformation (Slides)
Economics
- There are no powerpoints on economics, however, you will be tested on this topic. Use the study guide to study for the exam (link)
Week 16
Sociology of the body
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 14: The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality
- Lecture: Sociology of the Body (Slides)
Week 17
Week 18