Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 201A), Hybrid

Summer 2017 (CRN 50025)

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 Canvas.

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 Canvas.

Day 1 (Monday, June 12)

Introductions and overview of the course

Day 2 (Tuesday, June 13)

• Lecture: What is sociology? (all lecture notes are posted in Canvas)
• 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 (Thursday, June 15)

• Lecture: Research methods and statistics
• Giddens et al.: Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method (pp. 20-37)

Day 4 (Tuesday, June 20)

• 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, June 21)

• 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 6 (Thursday, June 22)

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

Day 7 (Tuesday, June 27)

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

Day 8 (Thursday, June 29)

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
• Lecture: Understanding gender
• Lecture: Understanding gender inequality

Day 9 (Thursday, July 6)

• Midterm at the San Luis Obispo campus on Thursday July 6th in room 6303 from 5:00 - 6:30pm.

Day 10 (Tuesday, July 11)

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 10: Ethnicity and Race
• Lecture: What is race?
• Lecture: The new racism

Day 11 (Wednesday, July 12)

• Giddens et al.: Chapter 11: Families and Intimate Relationships
• Lecture: Dating and hooking up, love, and mating

Day 12 (Thursday, July 13)

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

Day 13 (Tuesday, July 18)

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

Day 14 (Thursday, July 20)

• Final on the San Luis Obispo campus on Thursday July 20th in room 6303 from 5:00 - 6:30 pm