At the end of the class, students will
- Learn the "sociological imagination" notion and become familiar with how Sociologists have utilized this notion in various areas.
- Learn various methodologies for developing sociological questions to answering these questions.
- Learn major ethical concerns in doing Sociological research during development of a research question, actual research process and after conducting the research.
- Learn contributions of Marx, Weber and Durkheim in Sociological thought, research methods and our understanding modern societies and social organization.
- Learn studies on microsociology.
- Learn theories on social change and specifically globalization.
- Learn various and changing conceptualizations about society, social groups, social organizations.
- Learn various and changing conceptualizations about social stratification based on class, ethnicity, race, gender.
- Become familiar with main theoretical, conceptual debates and empirical studies on local, national and global poverty in relation to social exclusion.
- Become aware of social stratification mechanisms' relation to formation of prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination.