SYG 2000 - Introduction to Sociology

Institution:

Miami Dade College

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Description:

This course engages in a scientific study of society providing an overview of sociology as a social science. It includes its development as a discipline and methodology. It examines culture as a basis for human behavior, how it is acquired and its norms obeyed. It explores the issues of social inequality within society, including the issues of ethnicity and gender. The issues of social change and social institutions are examined, along with those of demography and urbanization, together with the great challenges these currently pose to the modern world. (3 hour lecture)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mdc.edu/main/

Phone Number:

(305) 237-8888

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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