SURVEY OF SOCIOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Satisfied Communications A. Not open to students with credit for SOC 181 or C&E SOC/SOC 211 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define sociology as a discipline and explain how it is different from and related to other fields. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply sociological concepts to personal, social and institutional issues. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain how social structures, groups and institutions enable and constrain individual agency and life chances. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply existing sociological research findings to critically evaluate arguments about the social world in academic and non-academic contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify, access and make skillful use of reliable, high-quality sociological research sources. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Craft written arguments incorporating sociological research as evidence after engaging in the writing process (brainstorming, outlining, drafting, incorporating feedback and revising). Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define sociology as a discipline and explain how it is different from and related to other fields. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply sociological concepts to personal, social and institutional issues. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain how social structures, groups and institutions enable and constrain individual agency and life chances. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply existing sociological research findings to critically evaluate arguments about the social world in academic and non-academic contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify, access and make skillful use of reliable, high-quality sociological research sources. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Craft written arguments incorporating sociological research as evidence after engaging in the writing process (brainstorming, outlining, drafting, incorporating feedback and revising). Audience: Undergraduate