Your Sociology 100 Journey

© Dr. Francis Adu-Febiri, 2013

The Five Signposts on Your Sociology 100 Journey

Structure & Organization of Social Relationships

Bright Side & Dark Side of Society

Key Concepts, Research and Theories

Jane Adams, Peter BergerAuguste Comte, Charles CooleyEmile Durkheim, Karl MarxCharles Wright Mills,Ferdinand Tonnies,Max Weber, John Porter, Ruth Morris

Synthetic Thinking, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Design Thinking

Signposts on the Journey

• Signpost #1

Structure & Organization of Social Relationships

Signposts on the Journey

• #1. Your Sociology 100 journey will bring you face-to-face with the structure and organization of Social Relationships and their contexts that underlie the peace, passions, pleasures, and pains we experience as individuals living in human society.

• Structure & Organization of Social Relationships:– Social Groups– Social status positions and roles– Human Culture– Human Socialization– Structured inequality– Social Institutions

Signposts on the Journey

• Signpost #2

Bright Side & Dark Side of Society

Signposts on the Journey

• #2. You will see the facts of the bright side and the dark side of society:– Evolution of society– Innovations in society– The possibilities of Socialization– Abuses of culture– Crime– Violence– Poverty– Inequality– Oppression

Signposts on the Journey

• Signpost #3

Key Concepts, Research and Theories

Signposts on the Journey

• #3. You will encounter key concepts, research, and theories about social relationships.

Signposts on the Journey

Jane Adams, Peter BergerAuguste Comte, Charles CooleyEmile Durkheim, Karl MarxCharles Wright Mills,Ferdinand Tonnies,Max Weber, Annie MacLean, Herbert Ames, Carl Dawson, Harold Innis, Aileen Ross, Hellen Abell, Kathleen Herman,John Porter, Ruth Morris

Signpost #4: Key Players

Signposts on the Journey

• #4. You will meet key players in the genesis and evolution of sociology, including Canadian Sociology

Signposts on the Journey

• Signpost #5: Curriculum & Pedagogy

Creative Thinking

Critical Thinking

Synthetic Thinking

Design Thinking

ACTION:Service-Learning

CONCLUSION: Your Job

• Your job in this course is to “commit sociology”. That is, – understand– question– analyze– evaluate and – apply

the key concepts, research and theories in the contexts of social relationships in your life and the lives of other people in your family, school, workplace, playplace, community, and society