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SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

100 levelSocial Sciences10 topics

SOC 101 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. The Industrial and Political revolutions of the 18th century
  2. The founding fathers and the emergence of sociology
  3. Sociology as a science of society
  4. Difference between sociology and other social sciences
  5. Basic concepts: roles, status and society
  6. Culture and culture contact
  7. The social structure and its dynamics
  8. The process of socialisation
  9. Social order and social control
  10. Key concepts in sociological discourse

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

The Industrial and Political revolutions of the 18th century

This topic examines the major industrial and political revolutions of the 18th century and how they transformed social life, work, power, and ideas about society. For examination purposes, you should master what changed economically and politically, the social consequences of those changes, and why these revolutions are treated as key background to the rise of sociology.

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