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SYG 2000 Introductory Sociology — 3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on reading and writing placement tests. (placement into ENC 1101) This course introduces students to sociology, the scientific study of societies and the groups that make up societies, as well as the social context of human behavior. The course examines core sociological concepts and research strategies, including surveys, experimentation, ethnography and analysis of existing data. Substantively, students are introduced to topics such as culture, socialization, groups and group dynamics, crime and deviance, social class and stratification of wealth, race, gender and age in a global context, work and the economy, health and medicine, education, marriage and family, religion, politics and government, urbanization, globalization, and demography. Three contact hours. (CBE) A.A., A.S., A.A.S.

College Credit Contents
SYG2000
SYG2010
SYG2430