Sociology 110

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Sociology 110 Introduction to Sociology Professor
Katherine Stovel 1130-1220 MWF Miller 301

1. Course Overview
2. Introductions
3. Course
4. People
5. First Question

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Humans are social beings obliged by nature
to live with others as a member of
society. Gerhard Lenski. Power and Privilege,
p. 25 (1966)
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Developing your sociological imagination

• Key Course Question How does the organization
  of society influence individual behavior?
• Secondary Course Question How do sociologists
  try to understand how society influences
  individual behavior?

Introduction The Course
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A Metaphor Pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
Like an individual, a puzzle piece has
characteristics, or a biography
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But what the piece means may be affected by what
the piece is surrounded by

• Social Context
• History
• Environment
• Social Structure

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Sociology is

• A discipline that studies the interplay between
  the individual and the social context

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How well proceed By Considering Some
Interesting Questions

• Identify and discuss our initial thoughts
• Consider some relevant sociological theories
• Evaluate some empirical information
• Develop revised answers

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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not
his own facts.Daniel Patrick
MoynihanSociologist, US Senator
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Quick Overview of Course Requirements

• 3 2 page Memos 30
• 1 Midterm (Feb 15) 25
• Final Exam (March 19) 25
• SocLexicon Contributions 10
• Informal Writing/Section 10

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Course Webpage http//courses.washington.edu/soc1
10a Its spare now, but it will get fleshed out
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Introduction The Course
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Class policies

• Cell-phone free zone
• For now, no laptops
• Course Materials available on the web
• Late work will be penalized .3/day
• All graded written work should be typed, and
  double-spaced
• Come to class prepared to discuss and ask
  questions!

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Who We Are Professor Katherine Stovel Teaching
Assistant Amy Furhman Emily Knaphus
Introduction People (us)
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• Student Information Survey
• Name
• Year in School/at the UW
• Your Hometown
•  State in which you were born
•   Major or possible major
• List any other Sociology classes you have taken
•   Something interesting about yourself
• General Information Survey
• What is the population of the United States?
• What is the population of the World?
• Where will the 2008 Summer Olympics be held?
• What is the median household income in the United
  States?
• What is the approximate value of the Dow Jones
  Industrial Average?
• How many ipods have been sold?
• Who won the Iowa presidential caucuses?
• How many members of the US armed forces have died
  in Iraq since the beginning of the current war
  there?
• How many murders were committed in Seattle in
  2006?

Introduction People (you)
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First Question Why go to college?

• Why are you here at the UW? How did you get to
  college?

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To Do
To Do

• Read
• Getting Started
• Twilight of the books
• School Enrollment
• Key Concepts
• Sociological Imagination
• Empirical Evidence