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SOCI 101. FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY. An introductory study of the major and enduring theoretical ideas, concepts, methods, and debates that have shaped and informed the discipline of sociology from its inception to the current day. Topics include the origins of the discipline, the social conditions under which humans may thrive, social order, religion, and inequality. Attention is also paid to the ways in which the Christian tradition perceives and, in some cases, may challenge contemporary social conditions. Recommended to precede all other sociology courses. Three hours.