SOC2071 — Mind, Self, and Society
SOC 2071 - Mind, Self, and Society SOC 2071 - Mind, Self, and Society Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: Why do individuals and groups behave as they do? This course examines from a sociological perspective such topics as building and breaching reality, symbol use, language, the self, socialization, reference groups, naming, social identities, stigma, self-presentation, emotional labor, inequality, and culture. This course meets the requirements for Elective A: Organizations and Institutions for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. MnTC Goals Goal 5, Goal 7A apply founding theoretical traditions and concepts in sociology to specific organizations or institutions. Social Structure: explain how social structure affects human action and social life at the micro, meso, and macro levels. articulate the processes through which groups, formal organizations, and social networks influence human thought and action. explain how hierarchy, power and authority operate across specific organizations or institutions. Socialization: explain the relationship between the self and society. articulate how the self is socially constructed, maintained and transformed at multiple levels through specific organizations or institutions. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies 5, 7 Option A Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) 05. 01. Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the h
Prerequisites: ENGL1020, ENGL1021