LAS420 Social Theory

This course is a survey of the development of social theory from the classic tradition to post-modernism. The legacy of the Enlightenment, the emergence of the scientific study of society, the classic tradition and contemporary social theories will be examined. Theories of social structure and social agency extending from class, ideology, division of labor and bureaucracy to phenomenological insights of knowledge will be studied. Prerequisite: 100-200 level Social Science course. 5 quarter hours. Counts in the Social Science Area of General Education Requirements.

Distribution

GenEd-Social Science