1. Your Sociology 100 Journey © Dr. Francis Adu-Febiri, 2013

2. The Five Signposts on Your Sociology 100 Journey Structure & Organization of Social Relationships Bright Side & Dark Side of Society Key Concepts, Research and Theories Jane Adams, Peter Berger Auguste Comte, Charles Cooley Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx Charles Wright Mills, Ferdinand Tonnies, Max Weber, John Porter, Ruth Morris Synthetic Thinking, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Design Thinking

3. Signposts on the Journey Signpost #1 Structure & Organization of Social Relationships

4. Signposts on the Journey #1. Your Sociology 100 journey will bring you face-to- face with the structure and organization of Social Relationships and their contexts that underlie the peace, passions, pleasures, and pains we experience as individuals living in human society. Structure & Organization of Social Relationships: –Social Groups –Social status positions and roles –Human Culture –Human Socialization –Structured inequality –Social Institutions

5. Signposts on the Journey Signpost #2 Bright Side & Dark Side of Society

6. Signposts on the Journey #2. You will see the facts of the bright side and the dark side of society: –Evolution of society –Innovations in society –The possibilities of Socialization –Abuses of culture –Crime –Violence –Poverty –Inequality –Oppression

7. Signposts on the Journey Signpost #3 Key Concepts, Research and Theories

8. Signposts on the Journey #3. You will encounter key concepts, research, and theories about social relationships.

9. Signposts on the Journey Jane Adams, Peter Berger Auguste Comte, Charles Cooley Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx Charles Wright Mills, Ferdinand Tonnies, Max Weber, Annie MacLean, Herbert Ames, Carl Dawson, Harold Innis, Aileen Ross, Hellen Abell, Kathleen Herman, John Porter, Ruth Morris Signpost #4: Key Players

10. Signposts on the Journey #4. You will meet key players in the genesis and evolution of sociology, including Canadian Sociology

11. Signposts on the Journey Signpost #5: Curriculum & Pedagogy Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Synthetic Thinking Design Thinking ACTION: Service-Learning

12. CONCLUSION: Your Job Your job in this course is to “commit sociology”. That is, – understand –question – analyze – evaluate and – apply the key concepts, research and theories in the contexts of social relationships in your life and the lives of other people in your family, school, workplace, playplace, community, and society