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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
COURSE CREDITS:
3 Units
COURSE ABSTRACT:
This course introduces students to the sociological ways of understanding
reality and to basic concepts in sociology. The focus is on the fields major concepts, the
dialectic between self and society in space and time, and the various perspectives taken to
interpret the social world as it evolved in the past and continues to evolve through the
present. A greater attention will be devoted to theoretical frameworks of understanding
the basic concepts of culture and society in the field but, nonetheless, the links between
theory and reality shall be delineated and explored to illuminate the weakness and
strengths of each framework. At all times, therefore, the instructor shall take extra care in
the Philippine setting. Lectures, discussions, and class presentations will comprise the
bulk of the classes.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
1.
Know what the sociological perspective is, its assumptions and scientific
basis, and how it is used in approaching and understanding social
phenomenon;
2.
Know and understand the dynamics of social organizations including
culture, structure, and institutions in the context of cross-culture analysis;
3.
Grasp adequately the concepts of socialization and social control, the
dialectics of the individual and society, and the social construction of reality;
4.
Substantiate the above concepts in current sociological research particularly
in the Philippine setting.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1.
2.
3.
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6.
PRELIMS COVERAGE
I.
II.
B.
Sociological Theory
1. Evolution theory
2. Structural Functionalism
3. Social Conflict
4. Symbolic Interactions
5. Exchange theory
C.
Culture
1. Approaching Culture: Cultural Relativity and Ethnocentrism
2. The Components of Culture (Symbols; Language; Values and
Beliefs; Norms; Ideal and Real Culture; Material Culture and
Technology)
3. Theoretical Analysis of Culture (Stuctural Functional Analysis;
Social Conflict Analysis; Sociobiology)
4. Culture and Individual Freedom (Culture as Constraint; Culture as
Freedom)
5. Globalization and Glocalization (A Global Culture: contributory
factors and barriers)
D.
Social Structure
1. Theories on Society (Durkheims Functions of Society; The
Marxist Model; Webers Disenchantment of the World)
2. Status and Role
3. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Goffman and
Dramaturgy)
SOCIALIZATION
1. The Socialization Process (Human Development: Nature and
Nature; Theories on Socialization)
2. Agents of Socialization (Family, School, Peer Group, Mass
Media)
3. Gender Socialization (Sex and Gender; Learning to Become Male
and Female)
MIDTERM COVERAGE
III.
IV.
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
A.
Social Stratification
1. Dimensions of Social Inequality (Castes and Classes; The DevisMoore Thesis; Marx and Weber on Class; Interpretative
Approaches)
2. Studies on Philippine Poverty
3. The Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity
4. Gender Stratification
B.
Global Stratification
1. Global Economic Development
2. Global Wealth and Poverty (Correlates: Technology. Population
Growth, Cultural Patterns, Social Stratification, Gender Inequality,
and Global Power Relationships)
3. Global Inequality (Modernization Theory; Dependency Theory)
FINALS COVERAGE
V.
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
A.
The Family
1. Basic concepts (Marriage; Typologies; Residential Patterns;
Kinship Patterns)
2. Theoretical Considerations (Structural Functionalism; Social
Conflict Analysis; Micro-level Analysis)
3. Issues and Developments (Divorce; Family Violence; Single
Parenthood; Same Sex Marriages; In-vitro Fertilization)
B.
3. Civil Society
C.
D.
Education
1. The Functions of Schooling (Socialization; Cultural Innovations;
Social Placement; Latent Functions)
2. Schooling and Social Inequality (Social Control; Tracking;
Standardized Testing; Inequality Among Schools; Credentialism)
3. Issues in Philippine Education
VI.
SOCIAL CHANGE
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B.
C.
D.
MAIN REFERENCES
Cordero, F. and Isabel Panopio, 1995, General Sociology: Focus On The Philippine
Setting, Quezon City: Ken Inc.
Maquiso, Teresita, 1997, Socio-Anthro: and Introduction to the Social Sciences, Quezon
City: Grandwater Publications.
McCoy, Alfred and Ed de Jesus (eds), 1998, Philippine Social History: Global Trade and
Social Transformation, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Mulder, Niels, 2000, Filipino Images: Culture of the Public World, Quezon City: New
Day Publishers.
______________, 1997, Inside Philippine Society: Interpretations of Everyday Life,
Quezon City: New Day Publishers.
Pertierra, Raul, 1997, Explorations In Social Theory and Philippine Ethnography, Quezon
City: University of the Philippines Press.
Pertierra, Raul, 1995, Philippine Localities and Global Perspectives: Essays on Societies
and Culture, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Tolibas-Nuez, Peralita, 1997, Roots of Conflict: Muslims, Christians, and the Mindanao
Struggle, Makati: Asian Institute of Management