What Sociology is really all about

Question

Im taking Sociology classes in the fall, ive always been interested in it but i realized im not even quite sure what the basics are, or what im going to be studying

What exactly is it about

Answer 1

Sociology is the study of groups in society, as psychology is the study of the individual.  Sociology looks at things such as race, class, gender, and other factors that iinfluencehow society reacts to people and how people react to society.  Depending on the course what is being looked at varies or if it is a intro course a broad sspectrumwill be used.  The big three theries you will prob hear about are structual funtionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theory.