The founders of sociology in the United States wanted to make a difference. A central aim of the sociologists of the Chicago school was to use sociological knowledge to achieve social reform. A related aim of sociologists like Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and others since was to use sociological knowledge to understand and alleviate gender, racial, and class inequality.

Steve Barkan’s Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World makes sociology relevant for today’s students by balancing traditional coverage with a fresh approach that takes them back to sociology’s American roots in the use of sociological knowledge for social reform.

Print on demand edition available here: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469659282/sociology/

Through this module, sociology of education, a subject that is not taught in secondary schools, you will acquire a very important intellectual asset for your future teaching career. It is the only subject that can give you a better grasp of the overall education process and the meaning of teaching practices, and raise your awareness of the imperatives of social dynamics. However, we must not forget that a truly professional understanding of the education process also requires the acquisition of scientific knowledge from related disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, history, statistics, and so on.

This seminar provides an introduction to scholarship in a growing research community: the sociologists and sociologically-inclined organization theorists who study issues that relate, at least in a broad sense, to the interdisciplinary field of inquiry that is known as "strategy" or "strategic management" research. The course is not designed to survey the field of strategy. Rather, the focus is on getting a closer understanding of the recent work by sociologists and sociologically-oriented organization theorists that investigates central questions in strategic management. In particular, we will be concerned with identifying and assessing sociological work that aims to shed light on: (a) relative firm performance; (b) the nature of competition and market interaction; (c) organizational capabilities; (d) the beginnings of industries and firms; (e) the diffusion of transfer of ideas and practices across firms; and (f) strategic change.

This course provides a global history of South Asians and introduces students to the cultural, social, economic, and political experiences of immigrants who traveled across the world. It studies how and why South Asians, who have migrated to America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East, are considered a model minority in some countries and unwanted strangers in others. Through literature, memoirs, films, music, and historical writing, it follows South Asian migrants as they discovered the world beyond India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

The purpose of Speaking of Culture is to define culture and many other concepts associated with it. My hope is that the readings in this book will help you to better understand the breadth of the concept of culture and provide you with a vocabulary for discussing it more articulately.

Culture is one of those broad concepts that is used widely, although somewhat imprecisely, in everyday English. It also cuts across many academic disciplines, and this book draws on many of them. It touches, for instance, on anthropology, biology, history, mythology, political science, psychology, and sociology.

The purpose of Speaking of Culture is to define culture and many other concepts associated with it. My hope is that the readings in this book will help you to better understand the breadth of the concept of culture and provide you with a vocabulary for discussing it more articulately.

Culture is one of those broad concepts that is used widely, although somewhat imprecisely, in everyday English. It also cuts across many academic disciplines, and this book draws on many of them. It touches, for instance, on anthropology, biology, history, mythology, political science, psychology, and sociology.

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This course focuses on families with members who are substance abusers, and the ways in which these families function. The course explores the methods and resources available for helping such families.

This assignment is designed to engage students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This assignment educates students on the difference between what is a crime, what is deviance, and what is both.

This PowerPoint is designed to engage and educate students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This PowerPoint educates students on an introduction to the Criminology discipline.

15 question multiple-choice quiz, for Unit 1 - Understanding Criminology and Deviance. This quiz applies to the introduction of the course.

This assignment is designed to engage students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This assignment educates students on how to use the Uniform Crime Report to find crime data.

This PowerPoint is designed to engage and educate students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This PowerPoint educates students on theory and criminological research.

Unit 2 Quiz Criminology/Deviance quiz
Assessment used for Criminological Research

This assignment is designed to engage students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This assignment educates students on how to reduce vulnerability to being a victim of crime.

This PowerPoint is designed to engage and educate students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This PowerPoint educates students on crimes against persons and crimes against property.

Assessment for criminology/Deviance Course
This chapter covers Crime Against Property and Crimes Against Persons.

This assignment is designed to engage students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This assignment educates students on the ways in which the U.S. Constitution was formed from prior set's of laws and ways of thinking.

This PowerPoint is designed to engage and educate students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This PowerPoint educates students on the Classical and NeoClassical Schools of Criminology.

Assessment for criminology/Deviance Course
This chapter covers history of law development, Magna Carta, Common Law, Classical and NeoClassical Schools of Criminology

This assignment is designed to engage students with the material for a Criminology/Deviance course. This assignment educates students on the myth of the "Supermale" and it's connection to the Biological Theories of Crime.