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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
SOC 3 | Title:
SELF AND SOCIETY |
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| Full Title:
Self and Society |
| Last Reviewed:4/12/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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This course is an introduction to the sociological study of face-to-face interaction, exploring the social factors that influence how we see ourselves and how we manage our presentations of self to others.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent or appropriate placement based on AB705 mandates
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course is an introduction to the sociological study of face-to-face interaction, exploring the social factors that influence how we see ourselves and how we manage our presentations of self to others.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent or appropriate placement based on AB705 mandates
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2006
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | D
| Social and Behavioral Sciences
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 2006 | |
| | D0 | Sociology and Criminology | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 2006 | |
| | 4J | Sociology and Criminology | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2006 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2006 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Master sociological approaches to examining self and society
with respect to theoretical models, assumptions, and contemporary
implications.
2. Explain the relationship between broad structural changes in society,
and the emotional labor strategies of everyday life.
3. Analyze how social status is produced interactionally, including
variations over the life course, and across social roles.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Distinguish between psychological and sociological approaches to examining self and
society.
2. Explain the relationship between micro and macro experiences in the social world.
3. Illustrate how gender, race/ethnicity, etc. are negotiated through social interaction.
4. Analyze how impression management strategies are used in everyday life.
5. Summarize the contributions of Symbolic Interactionism to Sociology.
6. Employ sociology of emotions concepts, such as feeling rules and emotion management.
7. Demonstrate how social roles are constructed and maintained.
8. Identify how agents of socialization, such as mass media, family, and government, shape
reality for members of society.
9. Interpret the relationships between physical self, identity, formation and social processes.
10. Analyze how changes in personal sense of self, reflect changes in institutions, such as the
economy, medicine, law, etc.
11. Use social science research methods to study micro-level social interaction.
Topics and Scope
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1. Introduction to the world of microsociology, such as how our selves and emotions
are constructed through social interaction
2. The three major sociological theories: conflict, functionalism, and symbolic
interactionism; and the difference between macro- and microsociology
3. The historical development of symbolic interactionism (i.e., microsociology)
through Mead, Cooley, Blumer, and Goffman
4. Dramaturgy, sociology of cognition, and sociology of emotions as related to
symbolic interactionism
5. Relationships between the physical self, identity formation, and social
processes
6. Self-development and socialization through agents of socialization such as the family,
educational institutions, and the mass media
7. The social construction of symbols, language, and roles
8. Impression management strategies used in everyday life
9. Connections between social structures (e.g., race, gender, class, disability status etc.,
as well as social institutions) and ongoing production of selves
10. Cultural change and its impact on the ongoing production of selves
11. Relationship between structure and agency
12. Critical assessment of research methods such as observation and/or conversation analysis,
interviewing, ethnography, used by sociologists to conceptualize, gather, and interpret data
in this field
Assignments:
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1. Students will read approximately 1-2 chapters per week, or 3 journal articles.
2. Students will write 4000 to 5000 words over the semester.
A. critical-thought essays
B. conduct brief research projects using ethnographies, and/or observations of popular culture
3. Two objective and/or essay exams
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
50 - 60% |
| Written homework, Essays, research papers | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 50% |
| Multiple choice, Completion, and/or Essay exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Symbolic Interaction in Society. Rohall, David. Rowman & Littlefield. 2020
The Production of Reality: Essays and Readings on Social Interaction. 6th ed. O'Brien, Jodi. Sage Publications. 2017
Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology. 8th ed. Cahill, Spencer and Sandstrom, Kent and Froyum, Carissa. Oxford. 2017
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