Course Schedule
Introduction to Sociology (SOC 201A)
Spring 2015
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. Study guides for Essentials of Sociology can be found here.
Lecture notes are in maroon font. Power points for lecture notes will be posted the night before the day of the lecture on this page.
Exam dates are indicated by red font.
Here is a link to the semester calendar
Week 1
Introductions and overview of the course
What is sociology?
- Lecture: What is sociology? (PowerPoint)
- Lecture: Origins of sociology (PowerPoint)
- Lecture: The sociological imagination (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 4-10)
- Lecture: Theoretical perspectives (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 10-23)
Research methods
- Lecture: Research methods (PowerPoint)
- Lecture: Statistics (PowerPoint)
- Study guide: Steps in the research process (PowerPoint)
- Study guide: Types of research methods (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 23-37)
Week 3
Culture
- Lecture: Culture (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 41-60)
- Lecture: Society (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 2: Culture and Society (pp. 60-71)
Week 4
Midterm 1
video (Tough Guise)
Week 5
Social interaction
- Lecture: Social interaction (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 4: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet
- Lecture: The sociology of pride and shame (PowerPoint)
Week 6
Crime
- Lecture: Crime Statistics (PowerPoint)
- Lecture: Understanding Crime (PowerPoint)
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 6: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime
Week 7
Midterm 2
video (Class Dismissed)
Week 8
Social Stratification
Week 9
Gender
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
Understanding gender inequality
- Lecture: Understanding gender inequality (PowerPoint)
Week 10
Midterm 3
Video (TBA)
Week 11
Race and ethnicity
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 10: Ethnicity and Race
Understanding race and ethnicity
Week 12
Spring Break
Week 13
Family
Week 14
Midterm 4
Video (TBA)
Week 15
Democracy
- Giddens et al.: Chapter 13: Politics and Economic Life
- Lecture: Democracy (PowerPoint)
- Lecture: Democracy and capitalism, Wallerstein (PowerPoint)
- Lecture: The future of democracy (PowerPoint)
- 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 (PowerPoint)
Week 17
Student presentations
Week 18
Final Exam