Course Objectives [Revised: May 24, 2008] After successful completion of this course the student should ... |
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| A. | be able to employ the appropriate methods, technologies, and data that social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition including the case study, surveys, existing data, and the experiment. * (Del Mar EEO # 1) |
| B. | be able to use and critique alternative explanatory systems of theories used in sociology (conflict, functionalist, interactionist). * (Del Mar EEO # 3) |
| C. | To develop and communicate
alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues. * (Del Mar EEO # 4) |
| D. | be able to examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods, social structures, and cultures. |
| E. | be familiar with the concepts of culture and its components (e.g., norms, values) and to identify and understand differences and commonalties within diverse cultures. |
| F. | be able to describe various levels of social organization including groups, formal organizations and bureaucracy, and larger forms of organization like community, society, and the world-system. |
| G. | be familiar with the "nature vs. nurture debate," the impact of learning on the human condition, and important agents of socialization. |
| H. | be able to describe various explanations for deviance. |
| I. | be familiar with types of crime, explanations for crime, and trends in crime rates. |
| J. | be familiar with major issues related to inequality (e.g., social class, race & ethnicity, and gender). |
| J. | become familiar with the role the economy plays in our lives. |
| K. | be familiar with social change in various contexts like gender, bureaucracy, urbanization, population, and global development (to mention a few). |
| "*" denotes exemplary program objectives as defined by the Texas Coordinating Board. | |
