SOCIOLOGY

• Sociology


  Study of groups and group interactions (from small to k large groups)
• Society


  Group of people who live together and share the same culture
• 5 sub-fields of Sociology

  Sociology of religion

  Sociological theory

  Rural sociology

  Urban society

  Criminology
• Sociology of Religion


  Examines the belief of individuals and the structure of its religion
• Sociological Theory


  Analyze past sociological theories through scientific methods
• Rural sociology


  Study of local life, structure and culture of the rural society
• Urban Society

  Interested in analyzing the social life and structure of cosmopolitan society
• Criminology


  Studies the deviant or crimnal behaviors of the people in a society
• Symbolic Interactionism

  • The use of symbols
  • How we interpret or give meaning to the symbols made by society
• Functionalism


  Relationship between parts of society
• Conflict Theory


  Struggles in society and social class