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Apr 24, 2024
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SOC 2110 - Collective Behavior
Examines the emergence and significance of collective behavior in its many forms. Topics may include but are not limited to behavior in crowds; behavior in panics, disasters, fads and fashions, protests, and riots; rumor and communication processes; and the impact of collective behavior on society.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will utilize a broad lens and an informed perspective that incorporates competing perspectives so as to contemplate, discuss, and critically evaluate collective behavior in both its simple and complex forms.
- Students will develop an understanding of how to assess who participates in collective behavior and the consequences of participation.
- Students will recognize the importance of sociological analysis of collective behavior to explain how, where, why collective events occur.
- Students will understand the theories explaining and the research methods for studying collective behavior.
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