Introduction to Sociology

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Introduction to Sociology/Print version

Sociology is the study of human social life. Human social life is complex and encompasses many facets of the human experience. Because of the complexity, the discipline of sociology subdivided over time into specialty areas. The first section of this book covers the foundations of sociology, including an introduction to the discipline, the methods of study, and some of the dominant theoretical perspectives. The remaining chapters focus on the different areas of study in sociology.

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A continuous, printable version of the book is available (edit). Alternatively, you can download the book as a PDF: PDF File Edition 1.0.

Symbol comment vote.svg UPDATE: After substantially revising all of the chapters, I have also created new powerpoint presentations to accompany the completed chapters. You can view and download the updated presentations here.

Rcragun (talk) 15:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Future Chapters

  1. Education 50% developed  as of April 9, 2005
  2. Organizational Behavior 25% developed  as of December 8, 2006
  3. Social psychology 50% developed  as of December 8, 2006 (belongs in Social Life section)
  4. Social change 00% developed  as of Oct 9, 2005
  5. Sexuality 00% developed  as of Oct 5, 2005
  6. Human Ecology and Urbanization 00% developed  as of Oct 4, 2005 (belongs in Social Change section)
  7. Media (belongs in Institutions section) 25% developed  as of April 1, 2008
  8. Everyday life (currently has only a short chapter on television) 00% developed  as of April 1, 2008 (belongs in Social Life section)
  9. Social Structure (belongs in Social Life section) 00% developed  as of August 11, 2009
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