SOC 5010 - Basic Problems in Sociology I

(CU-SBY)

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

R. Swedberg.

Analysis of theory shaping current sociological research. Examination of several central problems in sociological inquiry provides an occasion for understanding tensions and continuities between classical and contemporary approaches, for indicating the prospects for unifying microsociological and macrosociological orientations, and for developing a critical appreciation of efforts to integrate theory and research.