Sociology (SOCI) 300

Overview

SOCI 300 is designed to introduce students to some of the representative concepts, definitions, typologies, and theories associated with the study of social organizations, and to show how these conceptual tools may be used to analyse several case studies of particular social organizations.

Outline

Unit 1: Why Study Organizations?

Unit 2: The Two Faces of Social Organization

Unit 3: How Simple Societies are Organized

Unit 4: Inside the Iron Cage: Bureaucracy and Modern Life

Unit 5: Managing the Organization: The View from Above

Unit 6: Coping in the Organization: The View from Below

Unit 7: Total Institutions: Remaking People in Organizations

Unit 8: Women within the Iron Cage: Sex, Gender, and Organizations

Unit 9: Beyond Bureaucracy: In Search of Organizational Democracy

Evaluation

To receive credit for SOCI 300, students must complete the mid-course Exam, complete and submit 4 of the 5 quizzes and 2 of the 4 written assignments, as well as achieve a course composite grade of at least "C-" (60 percent) and a grade of at least 60 percent on the final exam. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

4 Telephone Quizzes (5% each)	2 Written Assignments (20% each)	Mid-course Exam	Final Exam	Total
20%	40%	10%	30%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other materials

The course materials include a student manual, study guide and a reading file.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the SOCI 300 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “C-” (60 percent) on the challenge examination. The two parts of the exam must be written on the same day.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form