SOCI420 - Sociology of Religion

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: Compare and contrast most major world religions based on sociological dimensions and principles, separating discussion from claims of truth, validity or ethnocentric ideals
CO8: Describe the dialectical relationship between the individual, society and religion
CO9: Investigate the intersection of social stratification, key socio-demographic characteristics and religion

Forums:
Participation in classroom dialogue on threaded Forums is required. Forums are scheduled weekly and found in the Forums tab in the classroom. Initial Forum posts are due Thursdays, peer responses are due Sundays. Specific instructions and the grading rubric are located on each Forum.

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 through Intellus. All required course readings can be accessed via the Lessons tab - Course Materials - Required Reading and Resources. Students are responsible for accessing the readings during each week.