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:

The midterm and final examinations for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

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

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