1) Object and methods of sociology:
- The object of sociology
- Methods and techniques of social research
2) Socialization and Culture:
- Socialization: definition and processes
- Socialization agents
- Social groups
- The notion of culture
- Components and functions of the culture
3) Family, Kinship and marriage:
- Main concepts about family, kinship and marriage
- Historical evolution of the family in western cultures
- Family life and transitions
- The (post)modern family
4) Stratification and classes:
- Concepts and stratification systems
- Social mobility
- Gender stratification and sexism
5) Deviance and social control:
- Deviation, concept and historical evolution
- Theories about deviation
- Types of crime
- Social control systems
6) Race, ethnicity and migration:
- Ethnicity and race
- Migration
7) Social change:
- Definition and evolution of social change
- Causes and consequences of social change
- Modernity and postmodernity
8) Sociological Theory.
- Functionalism.
- Structuralism.
- Phenomenology and social constructivism.
- Interactionism.
- Dramaturgical theory.
- Structuration theory.
- Risk society.
- Postmodernity