Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Left to Right: cover of book. Picture of the ONE building, business administration, not mapped on the CalPoly college map... 

LITERAL

(a) I, Riah Caputo, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) McIntyre, Lisa. The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts of Sociology. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Humanities, 2007. Print.

Principles of Sociology, SOC 201-02, TuesThrus. Dr. Dennis Loo.
ddloo@csupomona.edu, Ph: 869-3892

(c) Independent Component 1 hour log 

(d) I completed the first four weeks of Sociology 201-01, while reading the required material for the class, The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts of Sociology.

Click here to see both lecture notes and book notes! 

INTERPRETIVE

McIntyre’s core concepts of sociology are essential to understand in order for me to comprehend and analysis the way humans interact within society. My component was a daily thing, each night, five nights a week, I have read and notated the concepts McIntyre provides in an easy read for class. Therefore, by reading a minimum a hour a day, I have accumulated six hours per week, in an attempt to study and pass Dr. Loo’s sociology class at CalPoly Pomona.

SOC 201-02, Introduction to Sociology, Dr. Loo, is a key part of my senior project, due to the fact that I cannot complete my project if I do not have understanding of it. Dr. Loo’s lectures encompass McIntrye’s summarization of classic and modern sociological concepts. Sociology is the foundation of my topic, because I am studying a source of media that makes people social. Without dedicating four hours a week to this sociology class from 3-5, I would not have the key understanding nor the guidance I need for my senior project.

STUDY/READING TIME: 18 HOURS (3 WEEKS, 6 PER WEEK)

CLASS TIME: 12 HOURS (3 WEEKS, 4 PER WEEK)

TOTAL: 30:30 HOURS 

APPLIED

Sociology 201-02 and, the required book for the class, The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts of Sociology, I have decided to approach my topic through a sociological perspective, which includes specific sociological concepts.

For example, the first chapter of The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts of Sociology, I applied my knowledge of the basic sociological theories set forth by the first sociologist into my project.

For example, throughout the many sociologists that were presented in The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts of Sociology, Emile Durkheim described the phenomenon that is happening in my topic. Durkheim’s sociological theory, solidarity and the idea of a collective conscious, is the driving force of my topic because the foundation of my topic relies on society being ‘social’ and there to be a shared value and belief system.

In addition to discovering a way to identify sociologists (specifically, The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts of Sociology) that I may study from, enrolling into Sociology 201-02 has greatly deepen my understanding of my topic’s foundation. For example, during 1/24/13 lecture class day four, we talked specifically about social norms and what shapes them. This lecture alone provided me an understanding that I taught during my 30 minute presentation about how social norms are broadcasted and how we act and know the things we do – through the media.

With a combination of reading the required text for SOC 202 and building a relationship with my professor (whom I arranged my third interview with), I am learning and understanding the relationship between sociology and social media. This relationship is crucial for me to learn, because I must apply this knowledge to future answers.