SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Class Conflict, Social Fact, Natural Science

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 104
• Professor: Laura Thrasher

Document Summary

Sociology is the systematic study of human society and human interaction . Why study sociology: gain insights into larger world order, have experiences (i. e. paying high tuition fees) see beyond those experiences. Be critical about these things that make up ourselves and our social world: in the ways doc operates, sociologists can help us gain greater awareness to scope of world and what we take advantage of. Begin class with assumption that most of us rely on common sense knowledge to guide our ordinary conduct in everyday life . Why do we do things the way we do. We think of these things as indiv. There is an element of personal choice, but soc shows that we lack seeing world through broader lens; why do these struggles occur in relation to the rest of the world. Space and place are powerful the way it allows you to move and interact can be engrained in many ways ie. architecture, own experience/expectations.