教学大纲
Course: SOC 1010
部门: Social and Behavioral Science
部门: Behavioral Science
Title: Introduction to 社会学
Semester Approved: Spring 2023
Five-Year Review Semester: 2027年秋季
学期结束: 2028年秋季
Catalog Description: SOC 1010向学生介绍社会学学科及其统一目标，将广泛的文化和制度社会力量与个人经历和人类行为联系起来. Using sociological theories and research methods, an examination will be given to diverse sociological perspectives and topics such as 文化, 家庭, 性别, 种族, 犯罪, 等. General 教育 credit and variable credit may be earned. To fulfill social science general 教育 requirements, the class must be taken for 3 credits; however 1-2 variable elective credits are offered for exigent circumstances.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science (SS)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1-3; 讲座: 1-3; Lab: 0
先决条件: N/A
并修课程: N/A
Justification本课程是社会学的入门课程，从宏观和微观两方面研究社会和文化的社会形态, 冲突, 结构, and human interaction. An introductory sociology course is offered at every USHE institution. SOC 1010满足网络棋牌游戏平台十大排行通识教育的社会科学(SS)要求，是社会学专业的必修专业. It will transfer as general 教育 credit, elective credit, or major credit.
General Education Outcomes:
1: 完成GE课程的学生对人类文化和自然世界有了基本的了解. 社会学 emphasizes the study of 文化ly diverse norms, 值, 信仰, and traditions found in society. Students can expect to read class material and discuss these concepts, 将社会/文化知识和意识应用于社会学主题，并将其与个人生活经历联系起来. Expression of this understanding and knowledge will be asked of students in writing projects, 小测验, 和/或考试.
2: A student who completes the GE curriculum can read and research effectively within disciplines. 课堂主题和社会学科目将基于教科书阅读和其他指定的原始材料，以培养阅读理解和研究技能. 类测试, 考试, 论文工作将为学生提供展示他们对社会学主题的理解和研究相关内容的能力的机会.
3: A student who completes the GE curriculum can draw from multiple disciplines to address complex problems. 社会学, 它强调人类群体和社会组织，允许学生使用多学科来分析和解决社会问题和问题. Drawing from politics, 经济s, history, psychology, human development, 等., students in this course will address relevant social issues in 小测验, 考试, and written work.
4: A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason analytically, critically, and creatively. 社会学要求学生批判性地思考他们在文化和周围社会世界中的位置. It promotes assessment of objective sources of information and ethical scientific methodologies. 课堂讨论和相关阅读将为社会学思考和分析的练习提供基础，并将在课堂讨论中进行评估, essay projects, 小测验 和/或考试.
General Education Knowledge Area Outcomes:
1: Students will become knowledgeable about underlying factors that affect social 结构 (i.e., 文化, 经济, 政治, 等.)以及随着时间的推移而变化并影响社会行为的具有文化意义的制度和过程. Through class discussion, written projects, 小测验 和/或考试, students will be able to communicate their understanding of these sociological concepts. Students will become knowledgeable about underlying factors that affect social 结构 (i.e., 文化, 经济, 政治, 等.)以及随着时间的推移而变化并影响社会行为的具有文化意义的制度和过程. Through class discussion, written projects, 小测验 和/或考试, students will be able to communicate their understanding of these sociological concepts.
2: 在大规模的历史或社会背景下，发展和交流对个体人类行为的假设解释. 社会学理论和概念将使学生认识到塑造人类思想和行为的各种影响和文化观点. Written projects, 小测验, 和/或考试将提供展示知识和解释模式行为的机会，并评估先天与后天的争论.e., 文化 influences versus biological and sociobiological influences on personality and behavior).
3: 利用社会科学和行为科学的研究方法来评估当代问题. 学生将接触到社会学的方法和理论，并将使用微观和宏观层面的分析来分析和解释当前的社会问题, 争议, 和问题. Through class discussion, 小测验 和/或考试 students will demonstrate their ability to think critically about local, 国家, and global challenges.
4: Describe and analytically compare social, 政治, 经济, 文化, 地理, and historical settings and processes other than one’s own. 学生将在阅读和课堂讨论中接触到各种当前和历史的社会环境和过程，这些环境和过程将挑战他们对社会问题的假设和经验. 社会学的一个主要目标是识别和提高对个人之外更广泛的社会力量的认识，并将这些力量与个人经历联系起来. Careful 分析 of these links and social conditions will be displayed on student writing projects, 小测验 和/或考试.
5: Explain and use the social-scientific method to test research questions and draw conclusions. 学生将探索社会学理论和方法，比较和分析社会制度和模式行为. Textbook study and additional readings will allow an examination of alternative theoretical perspectives, 案例研究, 和意见. Class discussion, 小测验 和/或考试, 是否会给学生提供一个机会来展示他们将社会学发现综合成清晰、合理的论点和实证结论的能力.
6: Write effectively within the social science discipline, using correct disciplinary guidelines, 分析, 解释, and communicate about social science phenomena. 学生将能够理解社会学的观点和原则，并交流他们的意见, 分析, and research on these topics. Essay projects and written work assessed on 小测验 和/或考试 will demonstrate this competency.
Student Learning Outcomes:
学生将获得对主要社会学观点和理论的理解和知识，这些观点和理论有助于我们理解社会力量如何在日常生活中影响个人. 对主要社会学观点和理论的理解和知识将通过课堂讨论进行评估, 小测验, 考试, and project/essay work.
学生将了解和了解社会学家和其他社会和行为科学家使用的研究方法, 描述, 解释, and/or predict human behavior and social systems. 对社会学/社会科学研究方法的理解和知识将通过课堂测验进行评估, 考试, and project/essay work.
学生将发展他们的“社会学想象力”(看到和理解个人生活事件与社会事件之间关系的能力)，并在书面课堂作业中表达出来. “社会学想象力”的发展和理解将通过小测验的书面作业进行评估, 考试, and project/essay work.
内容:
SOC 1010 is a course that provides an introduction to sociology, a fundamental discipline in the social sciences. Through lecture, class discussion, writing assignments or projects, 小测验 and 考试, 学生将使用社会学理论和观点来研究不同的社会主题和社会问题. Course topics will include social theory and methodology, 文化, socialization, societies and social 结构, groups and organization, 异常, stratification, race and 种族, 性别, 家庭, 宗教, 教育, politics and 经济s, health and aging, 人口, and social change.
Key Performance Indicators:
Students will be evaluated on outcomes using:
Exams 30 to 50%
Quizzes 15 to 25%
Essays/Projects 20 to 30%
Participation/Attendance 10 to 15%
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Texts will vary depending on instructor preference. A textbook example would be "社会学" by OpenStax, a free online resource.
Additional readings and primary sources will vary on instructor preference. An example would be The Nature of Social Science by George C. Homans.
Pedagogy Statement:
SOC 1010将以讨论为基础的讲座和作业授课，旨在培养学生对文化和社会世界的多样性和复杂性的理解和分析, past and present. Assignments will help students think critically using a social scientist's perspective and methodologies, and allow them to come to an informed sense of self and others. 欢迎不同背景和观点的学生，并鼓励和拥抱所有学生的包容性环境.
Instructional Mediums:
讲座
印度河流域文明
在线
混合动力
Maximum Class Size: 100
Optimum Class Size: 40
