| Course title | |||||
| 社会学 [Sociology] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 020024 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 竹本 太郎 [TAKEMOTO Taro] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Giddens, Anthony and Sutton, Philip W. (2021) Sociology (9th 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 LMS. |
| 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 |
| 2/28/2022 10:41:42 AM |