Daedalus, Vol. 106, No. 4, Discoveries and Interpretations: Studies in Contemporary Scholarship, Volume II (Fall, 1977), pp. 59-78 (20 pages) ...

This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...

In this article, Philip Cohen (2025) discusses some of the uncertainties many academics may be feeling at the moment. The author provides some tips for scholars grappling with this uncertainty and ...

Students on Tom’s Sociology of Evil module use existing sociological theory and apply those theories to current examples of ‘evil’ using their own case studies to see how these things fit together.

provided that they have completed a minimum of 18 units of undergraduate work in sociology, including one course each in theory, statistics, and methodology (see below), with a minimum 3.0 GPA. SOC ...

but you do not have specialist knowledge of sociology. The key learning goals are to develop your critical use and comprehension of social theory, while gaining a grounding in methodologies and ...

My work can be divided into three domains of reflection: a strong concern for social theory, namely the meaning of the renewal of sociological theory from the 1980s onwards (he edited: Hannah Arendt, ...

Sociology will provide you with the theory and methods with which to grapple with these constructs and concerns—and to generate knowledge that makes a difference in the world. As a sociology major, ...

On the surface, sociology can just sound like a bunch of theories and definitions that you need to memorize. That’s not even the start of what sociology is, it's only a minuscule portion of it.