Classical Sociological Theory

Comprehensive Bachelor of Science in Sociology covering sociological theory, social stratification, research methods, deviance and crime, family, urban sociology, education, medical sociology, and contemporary issues

Classical Sociological Theory

Marx: Capitalism, Class, and Alienation

Marx's theory of capitalism, labor theory of value, surplus value, class structure, alienation, ideology, false consciousness, commodity fetishism, historical materialism, and revolutionary change

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Marx and Historical Materialism

Karl Marx's theory of history, class, alienation, and capitalism; modes of production, base and superstructure, and the analysis of *Capital* (1867).

Durkheim: Social Facts, Solidarity, and Anomie

Durkheim's methodology, social facts, mechanical and organic solidarity, division of labor, anomie, collective consciousness, suicide study, religion and the sacred

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Durkheim and the Study of Society

Émile Durkheim's argument that society is a reality sui generis: social facts, solidarity, suicide rates, and the elementary forms of religious life.

Weber: Rationalization, Bureaucracy, and Verstehen

Weber's interpretive sociology, Verstehen, ideal types, rationalization, disenchantment, bureaucracy, authority types, the Protestant ethic thesis, class status and party

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Weber and the Spirit of Capitalism

Max Weber's interpretive sociology: the Protestant Ethic thesis, rationalization, bureaucracy, ideal types, and the multi-dimensional analysis of class, status, and party.