Course Details
Course Code: SOCI420 Course ID: 3704 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate
This course will guide students through a critical and sociological exploration of religion. It will provide them with an opportunity to think about religious experience and religious organizations as a part of a larger social order. It will introduce basic concepts in the sociology of religion. This process involves analyzing the interrelationship of culture, society, and religion; religion and social stratification; religious, economic, and political institutions; social change and religion. There will be a general emphasis on American society and institutions, with global and historical contexts integrated throughout the course. The course is designed with a focus on reading, discussion, field observation and critical writing.
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/28/20 - 06/04/21 | 06/07/21 - 08/01/21 | Spring 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 02/22/21 - 07/30/21 | 08/02/21 - 09/26/21 | Summer 2021 Session I | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
CO1: Define the term “religion”
CO2: Describe key terms and principles in the sociology of religion
CO3: Distinguish among the major classical and contemporary theoretical approaches developed and used by sociologists to study religion
CO4: Analyze religion from macro and micro perspectives using a variety of theoretical approaches
CO5: Relate religion to other key social institutions including exogenous influences
CO6: Examine social change in the religious landscape through secularization, pluralism, and continuing waves of conservatism and fundamentalism.
CO7: Describe the dialectical relationship between the individual, society and religion
CO8: Investigate the intersection of social stratification, key socio-demographic characteristics and religion
Forums:
Participation in classroom dialogue on threaded Discussions is required. Discussions are scheduled during several weeks. Initial Discussion posts are due Thursdays, peer responses are due Sundays. Specific instructions and the grading rubric are located within each Discussion.
Assignments:
This course includes Assignments. Instructions and specific grading rubrics are found under the Assignments tab in the classroom.
Extra Credit:
Extra credit is not offered in this course.
In this course we are using an electronic textbook and resources. All required course readings can be accessed via Library ereserves in Content - Learning Material - Required Reading and Resources. Students are responsible for accessing the readings during each week.
| Book Title: | Various resources from the APUS Library & the Open Web are used. Please visit http://apus.libguides.com/er.php to locate the course eReserve.* |
| ISBN: | ERESERVE NOTE |
| Book Title: | Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments, 3rd ed. - e-book available online, please visit http://apus.libguides.com/er.php to locate the course eReserve. |
| ISBN: | 9781442216921 |
| Author: | Christiano, Kevin |
| Unit Cost: | $70.00 |