SOC101: Introduction to Sociology

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• differentiate between culture and society;
  
• explain how technology impacts the societal environment;
  
• describe the sociological concept of reality as a social construct;
  
• describe and identify socially constructed roles and explain their place in daily interactions;
  
• explain the processes and discuss the agents of socialization;
  
• explain nature vs. nurture;
  
• describe resocialization as well as when and how it occurs;
  
• explain primary and secondary groups;
  
• define formal organizations and bureaucracies;
  
• describe deviance and the nature of deviant behavior;
  
• explain deviance from various theoretical perspectives;
  
• differentiate between deviance and crime;
  
• define crime typologies;
  
• differentiate between methods of social control;
  
• explain technological inequality and issues related to unequal access to technology; and
  
• describe how media and technology are analyzed through various sociological perspectives.