Singapore University of Social Sciences

Living Sociology provides students with an engaging introduction to the discipline of sociology. It introduces to students the basic concepts, theoretical perspectives, and methods of sociology while affording special attention to key sociological issues like ethnocentrism, culture and socialization, groups, class, gender and race, family, and social change. Students will consider their individual experiences with other individuals and groups, and how they make sense of their social environments. Students will come to understand that human behavior is shaped by the groups to which they belong and the social forces that are external to them. Throughout the course, there is a strong application focus as students will be encouraged to draw from their own experiences, to consider the issues in the Singapore context, and to relate their experiences of self and of society to the discipline of sociology.