Professor: Dr. Shirley Palmer
Email: palmer.4@osu.edu
Office hours: After class and by appointment
Course Title: Contemporary World Societies: Social Institutions and Social Change
Course Number: SOCIOL - 3597.01
Course Credit: 3 credit hours
Course Description:
Sociological analysis of contemporary world societies-non-industrialized, industrializing, and industrialized-with special attention to major social institutions and patterns of social change.
Explanation of Course:
In addition to learning some important concepts in sociology, this course encourages you to build skills that will be useful throughout your entire life.
Skills:
Research skills
Reading skills
-being able to read a large quantity of written material and select pertinent information
Search skills
Writing skill
Verbal skills
-being able to select critical information and present it verbally to the group. This is a skill you will need in your lives, no matter what you do.