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SOCIOLOGY 1 SYLLABUS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

SOCIOLOGY WITH POPULATION EDUCATION AND


FAMILY PLANNING

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:
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Class participation and recitation


Quizzes
Reflection papers on assigned reading materials
Periodical tests (i.e. Prelims, Midterms, and Finals)
Group term papers
Field trip/Excursion (subject to University policies and guidelines)

PRELIMS COVERAGE
I.

II.

THE SOCIOLOGICAL SPIRIT


A.

The Sociological Imagination


1. What is Sociology? (The Sociological Perspective; ; Pure and
Applied Sociology)
2. The Origins and Development of the Discipline (Science and
Sociology; Social Change and Sociology; Philippine Sociology)
3. Areas of Sociology
4. Proponents of sociology

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.

DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL


1. Theories on Deviance (Durkheim; Merton; Lemert, Goffman;
Sutherland; Hirshi; Marx)
2. Forms of Social Control (Formal and Informal Controls;
Resocialization and Total Institutions)

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.

Politics and Government


1. Power and Authority (Traditional Authority; Rational-Legal
Authority; Charismatic Authority)
2. Theoretical Considerations (Pluralism; Power-Elitism)

3. Civil Society
C.

Church and Religion


1. Basic concepts (Religion; Churches; Sects; Cults; Ecclesias;
Denominations)
2. Theoretical Considerations (Durkheim; Marx; Weber; Symbolic
Interactionism and the Construction of the Sacred)
3. Religious Fundamentalism

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
A.

Population and Urbanization


1. Demography: Basic concepts (Fertility; Mortality; Migration;
Population Growth and Composition)
2. Urbanization: The Growth of Cities (The Chicago School; Urban
Ecology; Models of Urban Development)

B.

Society and Environment


1. Environment issues
2. Sustainable development

C.

Collective Behavior and Social Movements


1. Localized Collectivities (Crowds and Crowd Behavior)
2. Dispersed Collectivities (Rumor and Gossip; Public Opinion;
Panic and Mass Hysteria; Fashions and Fads)
3. Social Movements (Types; Explanations)

D.

Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies


1. Causes of Social Change
2. Theoretical Analysis if Modernity
3. Postmodernity

MAIN REFERENCES
Cordero, F. and Isabel Panopio, 1995, General Sociology: Focus On The Philippine
Setting, Quezon City: Ken Inc.

Ferrante, Joan, 1995, Sociology: A Global Perspective, Belmont CA: Wadsworth)


Henslin, James, ed., 1995, Down To Earth Sociology, New York: The Free Press.
Hunt, Chester, et al., 1998, Sociology in the Philippine Setting: a Modural Approach,
Quezon City: SISB Publishing House.
OTHER REFERENCES
Berner, Erhard, 1997, Definding a Place in the City: Localities and the Struggle for Urban
Land in Metro Manila, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Borjie, Julie M. 1990, Towards a Person-Centered Community, Quezon City: Miriam
College Graduate School.
Cargan, Leonard and Jeanne H. Ballantyne, 1985, Sociologial Footprints: Introductory
Readings in Sociology, 3rd Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadswoth)
Carrol, John J., 1968, , 3rd Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadswoth)
Carrol, John J., 1968, Changing Patterns of Social Structure in the Philippines: 18961963, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Collins, Randall and Michael Makowsky, 1984, The Discovery of Society, New York:
Random House.
Collins, Randall, 1983, Sociological Insights: An Introduction to Non-Obvious
Sociology, New York: Oxford University Press.
David, Randy, 1998, New Rules of Sociological Method: A Positive Critique of
Interpretative Sociologies, Southern Illinois: Polity Press.
______________, 1991, Modernity and Self-Identity, Southern Illinois: Polity Press.
______________, 1990, The Consequences of Modernity, Stanford: Stanford University
Press)
Henslin, James, 1993, Sociology: A Down To Earth Approach, Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Jocano, F. Landa, 1997, Filipino Value System: A Cultural Definition, Manila: Punlad
Research House.
Macionis, John, 1998, Sociology, Singapore: Prentice Hall.
Macionis, John and Nijole Benokraitis, 1992, Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary,
and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

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

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