project creating a power point presentation on the history of sociology.

The first semester long project for this course is the project creating a power point presentation on the history of sociology. In this presentation, you will want to address the origins of sociology, the important early theorists and the theories contributed by them, and how sociology as a field of inquiry has evolved and progressed. You are free to add any elements to the power point that you want; video files, web links, audio files, etc.
Sociology Project Outline
 

1. Introduction
   • History of Sociology general overview
   • Thesis statement
2. Classical Sociological Theory
   • Aguste Comte
     • Historical and Epistemological stages
   • Industrial revolution
   • Classical sociological theorists

• Sociology as a discipline
  • Early schools of thought
    • Karl Marx
    • Max Weber
    • Emile Durkheim
    • Georg Simmel

1. Sociology in the Nineteenth Century
   • Social, Intellectual and political conditions – Positivism
   • Interpretive sociology or anti-positivism
2. Modern Sociology
   • Developments in social phenomena
   • Early twentieth century intellectuals

1. Theories
   • Critical Theory – Explanatory, practical, and normative
   • Social Exchange Theory
   • Classical Social Theory
   • Other theories

• Classification of social reality
  • Cultural customs
  • Social structures
  • Social perception
  • Social interactions
  • Social sciences
• Conclusion
  • Summary
  • Conclusion statement

1. References