INFORMATION!

Attend the lecture.

Understanding the Bangsamoro Basic Law
By Mr. Ramon B. Beleno
Date: December 2nd 2015, 4:30-6:00PM
Venue: Arrupe Convention Hall

BBL is our coverage of sociology class.
It is going to be a good learning opportunity for us.

Assignment 2

Assignment:  Do social research by the group.

Maximum 5 in 1 group

-Research must include data gathering. This time, student must gather data by yourself. 

-Write the report 

Reading for this “ How sociologists do research  by James Henslin”

Due day: Last day of the class before the Christmas break.

MWF class: December 18th 2015 Friday

MW class: December 17th 2015 Thursday

TTH class: December 16th 2015 Wednesday

(Deadliest deadline is December 19th Saturday) 

P.S. Do not leave your paper on my desk. It might be lost. 

Please find me and hand it to me!

* Delayed submission won’t be accepted by a teacher. 

Lecture note - Sociological Perspective

We studies major sociological perspectives - Functionalism. Conflict theory and Interventionism

Functionalist Perspective
- Emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
Views society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole.
- Each part must contribute or it will not be passed on from one generation to the next.

Under Functionalism, there are three category to mention
Functionalist Perspective
- Manifest Function: institutions are open, stated, conscious functions.
・They involve the intended, recognized, consequences of an aspect of society.
e.g. police- to maintain the social order
      School - to educate population

- Latent Functions: unconscious or unintended functions.
・It may reflect hidden purposes of an institution.
e.g. School – to find the partner

-Dysfunction: an element or a process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.
e.g. Festival – to cause traffic jam

      Gang group inside prison 

Conflict Perspective

・Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.

・Conflict is not necessarily violent.

・Conflict can be over economics or over competing values.

・Conflict can be the motivation to move our society.

Interactionist Perspective

・Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole.

・Interactionism is a sociological framework for viewing human beings as living in a world of meaningful objects. These “objects” may include material things, actions, other people, relationships, and even symbols.

Mislenious - just for your reminder

Inside class
Be open to something new
Actively participate the discussion
Respect others
Submit the assignment on time
Approach a teacher if you have a question. (your question might benefit to other students as well)

Absences

We follow the rule therefore if you exceed number of absences, you will be marked as AF

1.5 hours class - 3 times

1 hours class - 5 times

Be mindful numbers of absences.

Plagiarism

- All of your submitted output of the course must be original.

- The output must not be already submitted in another subject.

- Proper citation is needed.

If you against these, you will receive failing mark for your output.

Assignment 1

Welcome to the class.

I hope you may find well the course outline!

As I have said, I may add and delete some of these sub content based on your interest.

But I will do this after I ask you whether it is ok or not.

Our first assignment is the following.

1. Read sociological imagination by Wright Mills

   The promise of sociology by C. Wright Mills (pp. 19-26)  in Down to earth sociology (9thEd.) by James Henslin

2. Come up simple definition based on your understanding.

3. Give an example

BE ORIGINAL

Submission:
November 12th  (TTH class)

November 13th (MWF class)

November 16th (MW class)

SY2015-2016 2nd semester Course outline

Topics of Readings and course requirement

My consultation time: 
Monday: 8:30-11:00
Tuesday: 9:00-10:00
Wednesday: 8:30-10:30
Thursday: 9:00-10:00
Friday:9:00-10:00

Venue: Faculty lounge (Dolan 1st floor)

Introduction, scope of Sociology

What can sociology study?

I. Discipline of Sociology
a. Sociological imagination, history and biography : Sociological imagination, foci of sociology

・  Readings: The promise of sociology by C. Wright Mills (pp. 19-26) 

Invitation to sociology by Peter Berger (pp. 3-7) in Down to earth sociology (9thEd.) by James Henslin

・  Key concepts: sociology, sociological imagination, history of sociology, Macro and Micro sociology

b. Theoretical perspectives in sociology

・  Readings: The uses of poverty: The poor pay all by Herbert Gans (pp. 314-320) in Down to earth sociology (9th Ed.) by James Henslin
Out of utopia: Out of Utopia: Toward a Reorientation of Sociological Analysis Author(s): Ralf Dahrendorf Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Sep., 1958), pp. 115-127

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~hoganr/SOC%20602/Spring%202014/Dahrendorf%201958.pdf

・  Key concepts: Functionalism, Conflict theory and symbolic interaction

Requirement:  Assignment: ReadC. Wright Mills’ Sociological Imagination and define "sociological imagination"

Quiz 1: Theoretical perspective

II. Sociology as a Science

a. Origin of scientific method

・  Key concepts: Epistemology, empiricism, ontology, idealism, constructivism, interpretivism, induction, deduction 

・   Work: give an examples of induction, deduction

b. Methods of Sociological Research

・  Readings: How sociologists do research by James Henslin (pp. 31-42) in Down to earth sociology (9th Ed.) by James Henslin

The role of theory in sociology by Janet Saltzman Chafetz (pp. 15-20) in readings for introducing sociology (Ed.) Richard Larson and Ronald Knapp

・  Key concepts: Research model, surveys, experiments, data-gathering, qualitative and quantitative

c.  Practice of Research

・  Readings: Street corner society by William Foote Whyte (pp. 59-67) in Down to earth sociology (9th Ed.) by James Henslin

The Case for Value-Free Sociology by Max Weber (pp. 22- 23) in Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology

・  Key concepts:  Value-Free Sociology, participant observation

Requirement:  Write simple research sociological research

Quiz 2.  Research method

III. Self and Groups

a.  Sociological Approaches to the Self

・  Reading: The presentation of self in everyday life by Erving Goffman (pp. 117-127) Down to earth sociology (9th Ed.) by James Henslin

・  Key concepts: self, impression management, dramaturgical approach

b.  Agents of Socialization

・  Reading: The Self by George Herbert Mead (pp. 80-87) Down to earth sociology (9th Ed.) by James Henslin

・  Key concepts:  agent of socialization, institutions, Stages in Child Development

Assignment:  Draw yourself. Showing who you think you are and another showing who people think you are.

Quiz 3

IV. Culture

a. Culture and Society

・  Reading:  What Culture Is by A.L. Kroeber (pp.36-40) in Seeing Ourselves: Classic,

Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology**　1989 Edition

・  Key concepts: Norms, Sanctions (formal and informal, positive and negative)

b. Elements of Culture

・  Reading: Town fiesta: An anthropologist’s view by Frank Lynch (pp. 219-236) in Philippine society and the individual

・  Key concepts: culture as learned and shared, material and non-material culture, components of culture (gestures, languages, values, etc.)

c. Cultural Variation

・  Reading:  Assimilation in American Life by Milton M. Gordon International Migration Digest Vol. 1, No. 2 (Autumn, 1964), pp. 232-235

・  Key concepts: cultural assimilation

Quiz 4

V. Social Structure and Social Control
a. Elements of Social Structure

・  Reading:

・  Key concepts:  social reality,

b. Types of Social Control

・  Reading:

・  Key concepts:

c. Conformity and Deviance

・  Reading: Suicide by Emile Durkheim (pp. 125-131) in Readings for introducing sociology (Ed.) Richard Larson and Ronald Knapp

・  Key concepts: norms, rules, labeling, anomie

・  Assignment: Interview a Barangay Chairman/Official. Describe his/her programs in eradicating drug addiction/crimes in your locality. What measures are undertaken to prevent this?

Requirement: Interview a Barangay Chairman/Official. Describe his/her programs in eradicating drug addiction/crimes in your locality. What measures are undertaken to prevent this?
Come to class deviant

VI. The Family and Intimate Relationships
a. Sociological Perspectives on the Family

・  Reading: The Origin of the Family by Kathleen Gough (pp.238-247) in Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology Marriage and Diverse Lifestyles**　   1989 Edition

・  Key concepts: family planning, marriage, kinship
 

b. Marriage and Diverse Lifestyles

・  Reading: The Violent Family by Suzanne K. Steinmetz (pp.248-254) in Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology Stratification  **　1989 Edition

・  Key concepts:  monogamy, polygamy

c. Family related issues

・  Reading: World population crisis by Paul A. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich (pp. 374-383) in Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology Stratification  **　1989 Edition

* Reading material might be changed.

・  Key concepts: issues of family, domestic violence, (Family related topics : RH bills, Population, HIV/AIDS, OFW ...)

VII. Stratification

 a.  Class and inequality

・  Readings:  Some principles of Stratifications by Kingsley et al (pp. 159-)

Big and little people: Social class in the rural Philippines by Frank Lynch (pp. 104-111) in Philippine society and the individual

Homeless on the Streets of New York by John R. Coleman (pp. 78 - 89) in Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology Marriage and Diverse Lifestyles**　   1989 Edition

・  Video: The Slum - Episode 3: Storm Rising, Aljazeera http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/the-slum---episode-3%3A-storm-rising/3819055288001

・  Key concepts: stratification

b.  Categorically  differences (Religion and Ethnicity)

・  Reading: Ethno-religious groups, identification, trust and social distance in the ethno-religiously stratified Philippines by Menandro Abanes et al. in Research in Social    Stratification and Mobility (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2014.02.001)

・  Key concepts:

c.  Sex and gender

・  Reading: The role of theory in sociology by Janet Saltzman Chafetz (pp. 15-20) in readings for introducing sociology (Ed.) Richard Larson and Ronald Knapp

・  Key concepts: sex, gender, gender roles, social construction of gender

d. Categorical differences (ethnicity and religion)

・  Reading: Ethno-religious groups, identification, trust and social distance in the ethno-religiously stratified Philippines by Menandro Abanes et al. in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2014.02.001) and draft BBL

・  Key concepts: religion in the context of sociology, ethnicity, religion, social distance, trust, identification, Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)

VIII. On Social Change

 a. Factors Leading to Social Change

・  Reading: Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (pp.

     58-65)

・  Key concepts: vested interest, superstructure, historical materialism, substructure

 b. Social Change Theories

・  Reading: The Meeting Place by John Paul Lederach

     Journey Towards Reconciliation, forthcoming from Harald Press, Spring 1998.

     http://conflict.colorado.edu/the-meeting-place.html

・  Key concepts: positive peace, negative peace, cultural violence, direct violence, structural violence, peacemaking, peacekeeping, peacebuilding

c.  Globalization

・  Reading: The McDonaldization of society by George Ritzer (pp. 494-504) in Down to earth sociology (9th Ed.) by James Henslin

・  Key concepts: rationalization, McDonaldization, consumerism