| Course ID: | SOCI 3750. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Sociology of Work and Industry |
Course
Description: | The structure of work and industry with an emphasis on the rise of management and the modern corporation, the growth and decline of labor unions, and the emergence of service industries. |
| Oasis Title: | WORK AND INDUSTRY |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SOCI 2750 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to introduce students to how sociologists have
analyzed work and workers in modern industrial societies. On completion of the
course, students should (1) have a basic knowledge of the nature of work and
economic organizations; (2) be familiar with some of the important debates and
issues in the study of work and workers and with the concepts necessary for
understanding these debates and issues; and (3) be able to evaluate critically
studies in the sociology of work and to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in written
work that is appropriate for an academic context.
Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in speech
that is appropriate for an academic context. |
| Topical Outline: | The following topics may be covered in this course:
I. The historical and sociological significance of work
II. Control of work and workers
III. Job finding and career choice
IV. The unofficial side of the workplace
V. Labor unions
VI. Managers
VII. The Professions
VIII. Service and sales work
IX. Marginal and stigmatized work
X. The globalization of work
XI. Work and family
XII. Work and gender |
| Honor Code Reference: | All students must be familiar with university policy on cheating. |