2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 01, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 201 - Classical Sociological Theory


Formerly SOC 107.  A critical and comparative survey of the major theorists of early sociology. This course emphasizes the first generation of sociologists, who sought to understand what we have come to call modernity. Beyond this central canon - represented by selected works of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber - the course introduces key theoretical perspectives and related analytical concepts that continue to inform many aspects of social life. Fulfills the social theory requirement for majors.

Prerequisites: SOC 010  or  SOC 012  

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester