SOC 408 - Contemporary Sociological Theory

Institution:

Buffalo State SUNY

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Description:

3, 3/0 Prerequisites: SOC 100 and 6 additional credit hours of sociology. The significance and uses of sociological theory; includes the major current approaches to understanding society and social life, such as contemporary Marxism, conflict theory, functionalism, and the interpretive theories, such as symbolic interactionism, phenomenological sociology, and ethnomethodology; and theories of rational choice such as behavioral sociology and exchange theory. Newly developing perspectives such as feminist theory and postmodernism.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalostate.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 878-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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