socialolgy
Instructor: Ashley Leschyshyn, M. A.
Office: 206C Gillette Hall
Office Phone: 701.777.6132
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30-12:30; 1:30-2:30; and by appointment.
Email: ashley.leschyshyn@email.und.edu
Be sure to provide your full name, GTA, and class.
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs):
Tom Mrozla: Gillette Hall, Room 217 thomas.j.mrozla@my.und.edu Keegan Hahn: Gillette Hall, Room 217 keegan.hahn@my.und.edu Course Description_________________________________________________________________________
This course provides an introductory analysis of the nature of society, the interrelationships of its component groups, and the process whereby society persists and changes. Sociology is a liberal perspective that explores the influences of social forces on individual behaviors.
Course Objectives__________________________________________________________________________
Students should be able to use a variety of thinking and reasoning skills, apply these skills as appropriate in various situations, and move among them depending on purpose. Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
Define and gain a better understanding of sociology, critical thinking, and critical sociology.
Define and differentiate between the three major sociological perspectives.
Identify significant historical contributions to the discipline.
Define and apply the sociological imagination as it pertains to a wide spectrum of real-world situations, cultures, and social problems.
Understand the functions and social problems created and maintained by social institutions.
Explain how age, race, ethnicity, gender and social class are socially constructed and how such constructs contribute to existing social problems.
Required Texts:_____________________________________________________________________________
Witt, Jon (2013). SOC 2013 (3rd Ed.). McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. ISBN: 978-0-07-802674-4
Finsterbusch, Kurt (2013). Annual Editions
Office: 206C Gillette Hall
Office Phone: 701.777.6132
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30-12:30; 1:30-2:30; and by appointment.
Email: ashley.leschyshyn@email.und.edu
Be sure to provide your full name, GTA, and class.
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs):
Tom Mrozla: Gillette Hall, Room 217 thomas.j.mrozla@my.und.edu Keegan Hahn: Gillette Hall, Room 217 keegan.hahn@my.und.edu Course Description_________________________________________________________________________
This course provides an introductory analysis of the nature of society, the interrelationships of its component groups, and the process whereby society persists and changes. Sociology is a liberal perspective that explores the influences of social forces on individual behaviors.
Course Objectives__________________________________________________________________________
Students should be able to use a variety of thinking and reasoning skills, apply these skills as appropriate in various situations, and move among them depending on purpose. Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
Define and gain a better understanding of sociology, critical thinking, and critical sociology.
Define and differentiate between the three major sociological perspectives.
Identify significant historical contributions to the discipline.
Define and apply the sociological imagination as it pertains to a wide spectrum of real-world situations, cultures, and social problems.
Understand the functions and social problems created and maintained by social institutions.
Explain how age, race, ethnicity, gender and social class are socially constructed and how such constructs contribute to existing social problems.
Required Texts:_____________________________________________________________________________
Witt, Jon (2013). SOC 2013 (3rd Ed.). McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. ISBN: 978-0-07-802674-4
Finsterbusch, Kurt (2013). Annual Editions