Course Schedule
Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 201A), Hybrid
Spring 2016 (CRN 30422)
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 (Monday, March 21)
Introductions and overview of the course
Day 2 (Wednesday, March 23)
What is sociology?
- Lecture: What is sociology? (all lecture notes are posted in Moodle)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 4-9)
- Lecture: Theoretical perspectives
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 9-20)
Day 3 (Friday, March 25)
Research methods
- Lecture: Research methods and statistics
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 20-37)
Day 4 (Monday, March 28)
Culture
- Lecture: Culture
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 39-57)
- No lecture notes for the topic of Society
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 57-71)
Day 5 (Wednesday, March 30)
- Midterm 1 at the San Luis Obispo campus on Wednesday 3/30 from 5:00-7:00 pm in Room 6306
Day 6 (Monday, April 11)
Social interaction
- Lecture: Social interaction
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 4: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet
- Lecture: The sociology of pride and shame
Day 7 (Wednesday, April 13)
Crime
- Lecture: Crime
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 6: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime
Day 8 (Monday, April 18)
Social Stratification
- Lecture: The class system
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 7: Stratification, Class, and Inequality
- Lecture: Poverty
Day 9 (Wednesday, April 20)
Gender
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
- Lecture: Understanding gender
Understanding gender inequality
- Lecture: Understanding gender inequality
Day 10 (Wednesday, April 27)
- Midterm 2 at the San Luis Obispo campus on Wednesday 4/27 from 5:00-7:00 pm in Room 6306.
Day 11 (Monday, May 2)
Race and ethnicity
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 10: Ethnicity and Race
Understanding race and ethnicity
Day 12 (Wednesday, May 4)
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 (Monday, May 9)
Democracy
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 13: Politics and Economic Life
- Lecture: Democracy
Day 14 (Wednesday, May 11)
Sociology of the body
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 14: The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality
- Lecture: Sexual orientation inequality
Day 15 (Wednesday, May 18)
- Final at the San Luis Obispo campus on Wednesday, May 18 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in room 6304.