Utah Tech University Sociology Department
Introduction to Sociology
There is perhaps no course more immediately impactful and relevant to students’ lives than sociology. This course provides a comprehensive overview of key sociological topics and encourages students to think critically about the social world. Students develop the sociological imagination and examine society through each of the main sociological paradigms. The course includes embedded practice questions with targeted feedback to encourage reflection and application, as well as videos, discussions, and assignments.
Key topics include research, culture, socialization, society and groups, deviance and crime, stratification and inequality, race and ethnicity, gender, sex, and sexuality, marriage and family, religion, education, health and medicine, aging and the elderly, government and politics, work and the economy, population and urbanization, and social change.
Contributors
This course, based on the text from OpenStax 2e Sociology and OpenStax 3e Sociology, was developed by Lumen Learning and includes additional noteworthy contributions by the Lumen Learning team and:
Primary Content Authors
Scott Barr, Contributor
Sarah Hoiland, Hostos Community College
Shailaja Menon, Houston Community College
Cathy Matresse, Columbia Basin College
Florencia Silveira, Contributor
Rebecca Vonderhaar, Tidewater Community College
Acknowledgments
This book has benefited from the contributions of many people, including Cat, Carlos Alberto, Lindsey Aldrich, Deborah Barr, Clayton Allen Bugh, Nick Burch, Sydney Cogswell, Cameron Coles, Morgan Crane, Andy Domanico, Jennifer Ferguson, Levi Figet, Jason Haynes, Elizondo Gomez, Mikela Joseph, Noor Khan, Caitlin Killian, Jacob Kuipers, David Lawrence, Sanford Messick, Amy Mae Miller, Mack Miller, Davis Misner, Adrienne Moyer, Sean MSW, Monika Myers, Jiyoung Park, Raven Reger, Tamra Roche, Alyssa Russell, Em Sapp, Nevaeh Scott-Dominguez, Henry Selzer, George Shute, Lucy Stowe, Julie Southard, Kira Thompson, Duncan Tilles, Anita Mueni, Heidi Coons, and Elizabeth Anne Wood.
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