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Introductory Sociology
SOC 001, section 01 — 3 Credit
(Schedule number:  484912)

College: Liberal Arts;   Department: Sociology

Course
description:

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The nature and characteristics of human societies and social life. (NOTE: Students may take only one course for General Education credit from Soc 011 or Soc 001.)

This course has been approved for GS credit as part of Penn State’s General Education program. For information about the University's General Education program, see the Department of Distance Education’s description of General Education Courses (this link will open in a new window).

Special course features include:

Optional E-mail lesson submission

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites required for this course.

Lesson information:

This course consists of 20 lessons and 2 exams.

Maximum lesson submission rate is 3/Week

See a course outline and a sample lesson (this link will open a new window).

Remarks:

The mid-course exam covers lessons 2-11. The final exam covers primarily lessons 13-21.("However, general material from the first part of the course will appear... simply because it is an integral part of the whole sociological perspective.")

Required
materials:

Course Syllabus--43 pages; Study Guide-Pages--vii + 112; Copyright--December 1996(SOC 001); Tischler, H.L., INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY., 5th Ed. Fort Worth: HBC Publ., 1996; Student Guide, revised 8/98

Summary of
costs and fees:

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Tuition (excluding cost of materials)   

US$429.00

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