be able to define sociology and understand the sociological perspective.
be familiar with the sociological imagination.
be able to distinguish between microsociology and macrosociology.
be familiar with the development of sociology and its key figures: Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, and Max Weber.
be acquainted with the development of American sociology.
be familiar with the contemporary movements in sociology: critical theory, feminism, and postmodern social theory.
be able to describe the three theoretical perspectives in sociology: functionalism, conflict, and interactionism.
be familiar with the research process, including the logic of science.
be acquainted with the four major techniques of data collection in sociology: experiments, surveys, observation, and archival research.
be able to identify the steps in the scientific method.
be familiar with research ethics that apply to the discipline of sociology.
