SOCI 101: Introductory Sociology

SOCI 101-003: Introductory Sociology
(Fall 2025)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW

Horizon Hall 2010

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Section Information for Fall 2025

This course introduces students to the basic concepts, ideas, and theories which define and explain sociology as a discipline, and how sociology helps us to understand how our lives are shaped by the world we create, and how the world we create, in turn, shape and re-shape our lives. We will examine the institutions, organizations, values, ideals and approaches which assist us in understanding human societies and social interactions. Our discussions will focus on the vast, complex and divergent societal practices in marriage and the family, religion, ethnicity, class, and gender relations, economic and political processes, and patterns of work, play, and popular culture.  This course will aid in your understanding of the importance of political, cultural, educational, social and economic social institutions and organizations, and address issues, problems, and events which both require, and thus, force social change.   

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Introduction to basic sociological concepts. Examines aspects of human behavior in cultural framework, including individual and group interaction, social mobility and stratification, status and class, race and gender relations, urbanism, crime and criminology, and social change and reform. Offered by Sociology & Anthropology. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Just Societies, Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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