Course Code & Number
SOC 404
Course Title
Sociology of Work
Level
BS
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(2+2+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: SOC 103 OR SOC 101-O OR SOC 101
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Definitions of work; History of work; Classical theories on work; Technology and alienation; Taylorism and Fordism; Japanese and Swedish models; Skill debates in Fordism and Post-Fordism; Labor process in service work; High skilled professional work; Collective responses to work; Inequalities in the workplace; Globalization and increasing insecurity; Personal consequences of working in capitalism.