Your Sociology 100 Journey
© Dr. Francis Adu-Febiri
http://faculty.camosun.ca/francisadufebiri
Your Sociology 100 Journey
• Sociology 100
– introduces you to factual information [and how it
is produced] about the social world
– Engages you to deepen your understanding of
concepts/theories
– Challenges you to think and apply
concepts/theories
– Encourages you to use the factual information and
your deeper understanding of to make a
sustainable difference in the real world
The Five Signposts on Your Sociology 100 Journey
Key Concepts,
Research and
Theories
Structure &
Organization
of Social
Relationships
Bright Side & Dark
Side of Society
Sociology Pioneers: Jane
Adams, Peter Berger
Auguste Comte, Charles
Cooley, Emile Durkheim, Karl
Marx Charles Wright Mills,
Ferdinand Tonnies, P. Berger
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
• Signpost #1
• Your Sociology 100 journey will bring you face-to-face with
the structure and dynamics 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:
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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
• Signpost #2
• You will see the facts of the bright side and the dark side of
society:
– Improvements in human welfare
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• Evolution of society
• Innovations in society
• Opportunities to make a sustainable difference
The possibilities of Socialization
Abuses of culture
Crime
Violence
Suicide
Bullying
Poverty
Inequality
Oppression
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #3
Key Concepts,
Research and Theories
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #3
• You will encounter key concepts, research, and theories about
social relationships.
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Social Forces
Sociological Imagination
Social Interaction
Political Economy
Socialization and Culture
Social Construction of Reality
Human Agency
Looking Glass Self
Social Research: Methodology, Methods, Techniques, Ethics
Sociological Paradigms: Functionalism, Social Conflict, Feminism,
Postmodernism
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #4:
• You will meet key players in the genesis and
evolution of sociology, including Canadian
Sociology
Signposts on the Journey
Signpost #4: Key Players
Jane Adams, Peter Berger
Auguste Comte, Charles Cooley
Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx
Charles Wright Mills, Michel Foucault,
Ferdinand Tonnies, Erving Goffman,
Max Weber, Annie MacLean,
Herbert Ames, Carl Dawson,
Harold Innis, Aileen Ross,
Hellen Abell, Kathleen Herman,
John Porter, Ruth Morris
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #5
Thinking & Application
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #5
• You will be provided with opportunities to
think and apply concepts/theories to real and
hypothetical issues:
– Critical Reviews
– Question and Justification
– Multiple-choice Midterm Examination
– Final Examination
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #5
• You can make use of the opportunities to
TRANSFORM INFORMATION you learn in
Sociology 100 into a RESOURCE to solve social
problems or prevent problems:
– Optional Service-Learning project
Signposts on the Journey
• Signpost #5: Thinking and Application
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
ACTION:
Service-Learning
Design Thinking
Synthetic Thinking
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, country and the global
society
• HAVE FUN!