Description

This course intends to teach how simple, everyday human actions and interactions can change the world. Being based on a Canadian edition of Introduction to Sociology, a Creative Commons book developed by OpenStax College, this course reflects the teaching and research experience of numerous sociologists. Therefore, it is hoped that in this course you will find applications of Sociology concepts that are globally relevant, academically current, and culturally balanced.
The approach of Introduction to Sociology adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical introductory sociology course. In addition to comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories that can be found in reading materials, student assignments for this course are organized around engaging questions, discussions that help students apply the sociological imagination, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways.
Although the text of the original course book was modified and reorganized to suit the needs of this course, different chapters of the course book are organized around topics that are introduced conceptually, with relevant, everyday experiences. The course is designed to acquaint students with: (1) What Sociology is, (2) what Sociologists have done in the past, (3) what Sociologists are currently involved in, (4) how Sociologists perceive the social world, and (5) how we can better understand our own social world and the social world of people in other cultures.