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SOCIOL 100 : Issues and Themes in Sociology

Undergraduate course

Project description

This course introduces sociology as a way of seeing and understanding the social world. Using the "sociological imagination" we investigate how society forms us as individuals and we in turn act collectively to construct and maintain the societies in which we live. Topics include family, religion, work, media and social movements as well as the sociological concepts of class, ethnicity and nationalism, power, identity and globalisation. Students are introduced to the pleasures of understanding the social contexts in which we make our lives through examples drawn from many different societies and cultures. At the same time we explore why sociological analyses and common sense ideas about society are often quite different from each other.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

1. Understand basic sociological theories. 2. Develop a critical sociological imagination. 3. Identify contemporary social problems relevant globally and to Aotearoa New Zealand. 4. Understand how various sociological theories and concepts apply to one's own life.