SOCIOLOGY

1. Introduction to Sociology
Sociology by John J Macionis (7th Edition)
1 Introduction to Sociology:
Perspectives,
Benefits of Sociological Perspectives,
Sociological Imagination,
The importance of Global Perspective.
2 The Origins of Sociology,
Auguste Comte's Stages,
Sociological Theories.
3 Culture,
Components of Culture;
Symbol,
Language,
Values,
Beliefs,
Cultural Transmission,
Social Control.
4 Cultural Diversity;
High culture,
Popular culture,
Subculture,
Counterculture,
Multiculturalism,
Global Culture,
Culture Specific Features.
5 Groups:
Social Group,
Primary Groups,
Secondary Groups,
Group Leadership,

2. Leadership roles,
Leadership Styles,
Asch’s research,
Milgram’s research,
Reference Group,
Group Size,
6 Organizations:
Formal Organizations,
Bureaucracy,
Max Weber's Theory,
Organizational Environment,
The Evolution of Formal Organizations
Scientific Management,
New Challenges to Formal Organizations,
7 Socialization,
Human Development Biology and Society,
Social Isolation,
Social Psychological Theories of Human Development;
Freud and the Psychoanalytical Perspective,
Piaget and Cognitive Theory of Human Development.
8 Socialization Part 2:
Kohlberg and stages of Moral Development,
Cooley and the Looking Glass Self,
Agents of Socialization:
The Family, Schools, Peers, Mass Media.
9 Gender Socialization,
Socialization throughout the Life Course,
Re socialization.
10 Deviance:
Theories of Deviant Behavior,
Social Pathology,
Biological Theory,

3. Psychological Theory,
Labeling theory,
Conflict Theory.
Crime,
Crime Categories,
Types of Crimes,
Crime Rates,
Crime Reduction & Criminal Justice,
Race and Justice System,
Types of Deviant Behavior and the means of individual adaptation.
11 Social stratification (classification):
Open and Closed System,
Structure of inequality,
Factors that determine life chances,
Underclass,
Four basic principles,
Organization of Modern Western societies,
Karl Marx theory of Stratification.
12 Family:
Basic Concepts,
Global Variations,
Marriage Patterns,
Residential Patterns,
Descent,
Stages of Family Life,
Class,
Race,
Gender,
Divorce,
Remarriage,
Family Violence,