SOCSCI 112 Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus for Social Science 112
SOCIETY AND CULTURE WITH EMPHASIS ON CULTURES OF MINDANAO
2nd Semester, SY: 2010-2011


Faculty: Florie Jane M. Tamon Class Email Address:
fjtamon@gmail.com socioandphilos@gmail.com
Consultation Hours: Class Blogspot:
MWF 11am-12nn http://socioandphilos.blogspot.com
TTh 1-2pm


Course Title:
SOCIETY AND CULTURE WITH EMPHASIS ON CULTURES OF MINDANAO

Course Description:
The course will introduce to the students concepts, theories, and perspectives vital in the understanding of society and culture. An explanation on why people of different groups or societies have different cultures and behave differently will also be tackled. In so doing, the students are expected to recognize the different elements that make up ones culture, identify those that are distinctly his (being a Filipino) and choose those that are worth perpetuating.
Corollary to the understanding of society and culture is the ability to identify issues and concerns affecting the society. The students are expected to have an increased level of awareness of oneself and other significant factors around him. To help him develop his awareness, an emphasis of the diverse cultures of Mindanao will be taken as an additional topic.

Course Objectives: At the end of the semester, the students are expected to:
1. Discuss the varied concepts related to the study of society and culture.
2. Compare cultural practices of people from different ethnic origins.
3. Appreciate Filipino society and culture.
4. Explain the roles of social institutions as bases of order in the society.
5. Comprehend the factors which lead to social change.


Chart of Activities

TOPIC METHOD OUTPUT DATE
INTRODUCTION

I. History of USM
a. Conversion of MIT to USM
b. Founder and pioneers of USM:
Biography

II. VGMO and Core Values of USM

III. Nature and Beginnings of Sociology and Anthropology

IV. Significance of Understanding Society and Culture
Class discussion and participation

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem
Identifying the indigenous groups to be researched by groups formed. Week 1 and 2
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIOLOGY

I. What is a theory?
What is a theoretical paradigm?

Levels of analysis:
a. Macro-level analysis
b. Micro-level analysis

II. Three (3) Major Theories
a. Symbolic-Interactionism
b. Structural-Functionalism
c. Conflict Theory
Class discussion

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem

Group dynamics: Playing detective Short Paper: Theoretical analysis on a specific social issue

1st draft of research on indigenous people: Description of indigenous group’s culture. Week 3
SOCIO-CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF SOCIETIES

I. What is a society?

II. Types of Societies
a. Hunting and Gathering Society
b. Horticultural Society
c. Pastoral Society
d. Agrarian Society
e. Industrial Society
f. Post-Industrial Society

III. Range and Limits of Technology
Class discussion and presentation

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem

Comparative analysis
Short paper: The factors that contributed to socio-cultural evolution of societies. Week 4
GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

I. What is a social group?
What is a category?
What is a crowd?
What is an aggregate?

How are the above-named collections of people different from each other?

What are the characteristics of a social group?

II. Types of Social Groups
a. Groups according to social ties
b. Groups according to self-
identification
c. Groups according to purpose
d. Groups according to geographical
location and degree or quality of
relationship
e. Groups according to form of
organization

III. Group Size
a. Dyad
b. Triad
c. Social Network

IV. Group Leadership
a. 2 Kinds of Leadership
b. 3 Leadership Styles

V. Group Conformity
a. Asch’s Research
b. Milgram’s Research
c. Janis’s Research
d. Stouffer’s Research

VI. Formal Organizations
a. Types of Formal Organizations
b. Origins of Bureaucracy
c. Characteristics of Bureaucracy
d. Organizational Environment
e. The Informal Side of Bureaucracy
f. The Problems of Bureaucracy
Topic presentation

Class discussion

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem

Demonstration of researches on group conformity

Research work and presentation Short Paper: A research on an organization, their structure, organizational environment, and leadership. Week 5 and 6
SOCIALIZATION

I. What is socialization?
What is personality?

II. Nature vs. Nurture
a. Charles Darwin: The Role of
Nature
b. Social Sciences: The Role of
Nurture

III. Understanding Socialization
a. The Elements of Personality:
Sigmund Freud
b. Cognitive Development:
Jean Piaget
c. Moral Development:
Lawrence Kohlberg
d. Bringing in Gender: Carol Gilligan
e. The Social Self:
George Herbert Mead
f. Eight Stages of Development:
Erick Erikson

IV. Agents of Socialization
a. Family
b. School
c. Peer Groups
d. Mass Media
e. Religious Organizations
f. Workplace

V. Resocializations and Total
Institution
Class discussion

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem

Group sharing: The agent of socialization that contributed greatly to the group member’s personality.

Measuring the level of moral development Short Paper: Human beings captives of the society?

2nd draft of research on indigenous people: Issues confronting the indigenous group researched on. Week 7
CULTURE

I. What is culture?

II. Components of Culture
a. Symbols
b. Values
c. Beliefs
d. Norms (Mores, Folkways, Laws)

III. Characteristics of Culture
a. Learned
b. Shared
c. Symbolic
d. All-encompassing
e. Stable yet Dynamic
f. Integrated
g. Transmitted
h. Adaptive and Maladaptive
i. Patterned
j. Compulsory
k. Essential for Life
l. A Social Product
m. Accumulated

IV. Levels of Culture
a. National Culture
b. International Culture
c. Subculture

V. Culture Change
a. Mechanisms of Cultural Change
b. Causes of Change

VI. Issues in understanding Culture
a. Gender
b. Peace
c. Sustainable Development
Class discussion

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem

Cultural presentation

Film-viewing 3rd draft of research on indigenous people: Theoretical analysis of the issues confronted by the indigenous group researched on.

Reaction Paper: “Sometimes in April” or
“Hotel Rwanda”
Week 8 and 9
CULTURES OF MINDANAO

I. History of Mindanao
a. Different name given to Mindanao
b. Regions and Provinces of
Mindanao
c. The tri-people of Mindanao
d. Migration in Mindanao

II. Situations of the Tri-people in
Mindanao

III. Indigenous People of Mindanao
Classroom presentation

Class discussion

QIP-Question, Issue, Problem
Final written draft: The indigenous group researched on.

Video Documentary: The indigenous group researched on.

Cultural Presentation Week 10 and 11


Grade Requirement:
Midterm and Final Grade Semestral Grade
Class Participation/ 30% Midterm Grade 50%
Oral recitation Final Grade 50%
Short Papers 20% 100%
Quizzes 10%
Project 20%
Midterm/Final Exam 20%
100%

References:
1. Broom, L. and Selznick, P. (1995). Sociology: A Text with Adapted Readings. 2nd Edition. Row, Peterson, and Company. USA.
2. Farganis, James. (2000). Readings in Social Theory: The Classic Tradition to Post Modernism. Mc Graw-Hill, Inc. USA.
3. Hebding, D. and Glick, L. (1992). Introduction to Sociology: A Text with Adapted Readings. McGraw-Hill, Inc. USA.
4. Henslin, J. (2001). Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. 5th Edition. A Pearson Education Company. Massachusetts.
5. Kottak, C. (2004). Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity. 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. USA.
6. Lawrence, R. (1963). Perspectives on the Social Order: Readings in Sociology. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. USA.
7. Macionis, J. (2001). Sociology. 8th Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc. USA.
8. Mangune, S.(2001).Tagabawa and Bagobo: Katutubo Profiles of Philippine Cultural Communities.Manila.
9. Mercedes, A. et al. (2001). Mindanao Ethnic Communiries: Patterns of Growth and Change.University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies.Diliman, Quezon City.
10. Ompang, M.(2001).Mandaya: Katutubo Profiles of Philippine Cultural Communities.Manila.
11. Panopio, I. and Rolda, R. S. (2000). Society and Culture: Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology. JMC Press, Inc. Quezon City.
12. Ritzer, G. (2000). Sociological Theory. 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill Companies. USA.
13. San Juan, W. et al.(2007). Sociology, Culture, and Family Planning. Unlad Publishing. Pasay City.