Course title
社会学   [Sociology]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 14  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 020024
Instructor(s)
竹本 太郎   [TAKEMOTO Taro]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
Sociology investigates the connection between what society makes of us and what we make of ourselves and society. The course is categorized in the humanity and social science in the global liberal arts.
Expected Learning
Be able to use sociological imagination and to think sociologically through the concepts of society, institutions and social structures.
Competency development:

Competency Development:
Autonomy, Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Ability to Explore Knowledge, Academic Ethics, Knowledge on Science and Technology
Course schedule
1) Guidance
2) Chapter 1 What is Sociology?I: sociological imagination
3) Chapter 1 What is Sociology?II: functionalism, conflict thoery, interactionism
4) Chapter 2 Asking and Answering Sociological Questions: methodology, ethic, causation and correlation
5) Chapter 3 Theories and Perspectives I: Francfurt School, Parsons, Chicago School
6) Chapter 3 Theories and Perspectives II: colonialism, post-modern, structuration
7) Chapter 8 Social Interaction and Everyday Life: face, body, identity, ICT
8) Chapter 9 The Life Course: social self, socialization, corhort, aging
9) Chapter 12 Stratification and Social Class: inequality, CASMIN, status, party, social mobility
10) Chapter 16 Race, Ethnicity and Migration: globalization, EU
11) Chapter 17 Religion: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, religion in Japan, secularization
12) Chapter 19 Organizations and Networks: McDonaldization, bureaucracy, surveilance
13) Chapter 21 Crime and Deviance: Anomie, sanction
14) Chapter 22 Politics, Government and Social Movements: nationalism, patriotism, power
15) summary
* See Chapter number in the textbook.
Prerequisites
This course carries 2 credits. In addition to 30 hours you spend in the class and 10 hours in completing four written assignments, you are recommended to prepare for, and review, the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class, using the textbook and the reference books specified below.
This course uses Learning Management System Moodle.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Giddens, Anthony and Sutton, Philip W. (2017) Sociology (Seventh Edition). Cambridge : Polity.
References
富永健一(1995)『社会学講義』東京 : 中央公論社
Assessment/Grading
Depends on the results of four assignments by using Moodle.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
people and society, norm, cohesion, identity, inequality, moderinaization
Office hours
Wednesday 10:30-12:00
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
1/29/2020 4:45:21 PM