Recommended Reading List |
Must/Required Readings: 1. Giddens, A., Appelbaum, R. P., Duneier, M., & Carr, D. (Eds.) (2018). Introduction to Sociology. 11th Edition, New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.2. Manza, J. (Eds.) (2018). The Sociology Project: Introducing the Sociological Imagination. 3rd Edition, New York: Pearson.Optional/Recommended Readings:1. Andersen, M. L. & Taylor, H. F. (Eds.) (2011). Sociology: The Essentials. 6th Edition, US: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.2. Mclntyre, L. J. (Eds.) (2014). The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in Sociology. 6th Edition, US: McGraw-Hill Education.3. Richard S. (Eds.) (2012). Sociology, 12th Edition, US: McGraw-Hill.4. Lune, H.; Pumar, E. S.; Koppel, R. (2010). Perspectives in Social Research Methods and Analysis, UK: Sage P.5. Roberts, K (2009). Key Concepts in Sociology, US: Plagrave Macmillan.6. Fulcher, J.; Scott, J. (2007). Sociology, UK: Oxford University Press. |
Catalog Content |
This is an introductory course in which core concepts of sociological thinking and various classical, as well as some contemporary, perspectives of sociology is broadly discussed. The course is designed to equip students with sociological knowledge of various introductory themes of the discipline of sociology from how to develop a sociological perspective to social theory, social research methods, stratification and social class, gender and inequalities, social structure of society, social determinants of health and public welfare. |