Understand how values and beliefs differ from norms
Explain the significance of symbols and language to a culture
Explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Discuss the role of social control within culture
Discuss the roles of both high culture and pop culture within society
Differentiate between subculture and counterculture
Explain the role of innovation, invention, and discovery in culture
Understand the role of cultural lag and globalization in cultural change
Discuss the major theoretical approaches to cultural interpretation
Differentiate between culture and society
Explain material versus nonmaterial culture
Discuss the concept of cultural universalism as it relates to society
Compare and contrast ethnocentrism and xenocentrism
Identify and differentiate between different types of crimes
Evaluate U.S. crime statistics
Understand the three branches of the U.S. criminal justice system
Define deviance, and explain the nature of deviant behavior
Differentiate between methods of social control
Describe the functionalist view of deviance in society through four sociologist’s theories
Explain how conflict theory understands deviance and crime in society
Describe the symbolic interactionist approach to deviance, including labeling and other theories
Identify differences in educational resources around the world
Describe the concept of universal access to education
Identify and discuss historical and contemporary issues in education
Define manifest and latent functions of education
Explain and discuss how functionalism, conflict theory, feminism, and interactionism view issues of education
Explain the influence of socialization on gender roles in the United States
Understand the stratification of gender in major American institutions
Describe gender from the view of each sociological perspective
Define and differentiate between sex and gender
Define and discuss what is meant by gender identity
Understand and discuss the role of homophobia and heterosexism in society
Distinguish the meanings of transgender, transsexual, and homosexual identities
Understand different attitudes associated with sex and sexuality
Define sexual inequality in various societies
Discuss theoretical perspectives on sex and sexuality
