WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?: Sociology is the study of human social
behavior. More specifically, sociologists
tend to study the social problems and systems which characterize life
in modern, industrialized societies. Among the areas on which sociology
courses
at St. Thomas Aquinas College focus are: commodification, consumerism,
social class,
propaganda, technology, emotions,
ethnic groups, families, ethnographic research methods, and the social
psychology of work,
bureaucracy, and the self. Students are exposed to a
range of sociological resources and approaches which include: classical
and
contemporary social theory (with emphasis on psychoanalytic sociology
and symbolic interactionism), the sociology of literature, qualitative
field methods, and film analysis. Ultimately, sociology gives you a way
to understand and analyze almost any aspect of your life that is
connected to
social experience. It does this by putting individuals' lives in
context and unearthing the hidden
layers of meaning and origins of action that usually go undetected in
our
day to day routines.
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