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Jun 02, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SOCI 130 - Sociology of Work and Occupation
PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 093 - Introduction to College Writing and ENGL 083 - Reading Strategies for College or ENGL 095 - Integrated Reading and Writing , or ENGL 075 - Co-Requisite Integrated Reading & Writing
PROGRAM: Social Sciences
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: N/A
This course introduces students to the structure and culture of work and occupation in modern society. It will examine theoretical approaches to work and occupation, and engage with empirical research about work and occupation. In this course, students will examine the nature of work and interactions at work, including power and social inequality along the dimensions of gender, race and ethnicity. Students will understand organizational structure and culture, segmented labor markets, types of jobs, and be able to apply this understanding to the modern workplace.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Differentiate the structural-functional, social conflict, and symbolic interaction theoretical approaches to groups, organizations, and labor.
- Explain the contributions of theorists such as Smith, Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.
- Describe current trends in the labor market, including types of jobs available and “good” jobs versus “bad” jobs.
- Define diversity in the workplace, including affirmative action policies, and understand how race, ethnicity and gender contribute to labor market segmentation and affect the types of jobs people secure.
- Describe how external forces shape the workplace, including interactions between institutions such as education, politics and the economy.
- Summarize the effects of collective bargaining by unions and self-regulation by professional occupations on the workplace.
- Compare different economic arrangements; feudalism, capitalism, socialism, communism.
- Analyze the impacts of globalization and deindustrialization on the economy.
- Evaluate the impact of technology on the changing workplace.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Organization
- Alienation
- Organizational Structure
- Organizational Culture
- Bureaucracy
- Structural-functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist
- Outsourcing
- Offshoring
- Collective Bargaining
- Globalization
- Deindustrialization
- Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Feudalism
- Unions
- Professional Associations
- Groups
- Institutional Isomorphism
- Credentialism
- Labor Market Segmentation
- Labor Market Polarization
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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