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Sociology (SOCI) 335
Classical Sociological Theory: The Socio-Historical Roots of Sociology as a Discipline (Revision 2)

Revision 2 closed, replaced by current version

Delivery mode: Individualized study.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: SOCI 287 and SOCI 288 are strongly recommended.

Centre: Centre for Global and Social Analysis

SOCI 335 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

SOCI 335 offers a guided entry into the complex ideas and writings of the classical sociologists. The concepts they developed to analyse society and the social concerns they addressed remain fundamental to sociology in the 1990s.

Outline

Unit 1: The Origins of Society

Unit 2: The First Generation of Sociologists and the Scientific Study of Society

Unit 3: The Second Generation of Classical Sociologists

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Evaluation

To receive credit for SOCI 335, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent) and a grade of at least 60 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

TME 1
Essay		 TME 2
Telephone Quiz 		TME 3
Essay		 TME 4
Essay		 Final Exam Total
15% 10% 10% 15% 50% 100%

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

Course Materials

Textbooks

Abraham, Francis, and John H. Morgan. 1989. Sociological Thought: From Comte to Sorokin. Indiana: Wyndham Hall Press.

Parsons, Talcott, et al., eds. 1965. Theories of Society: Foundations of Modern Sociological Theory. New York: The Free Press.

Zeitlin, Irving M. 2001. Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Other material

The course materials include a study guide and a student manual.

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