SOCIOL 110CC
Seeing Through Society: Thinking Like a Sociologist
Ashley Lauren Harrell King
Description from DukeHub
Like fish who cannot see the water they swim in, we move through invisible cultures that steer how we think, feel, and act. Inconspicuous social forces shape opportunities available to us, often in unequal ways. In this course, you will learn to see the water. You will explore how everyday experiences connect to larger networks, institutions, and norms. You will examine data, methods, and theories sociologists use to investigate how social environments shape personal choices. You will discover how individual choices recreate social conditions. The course emphasizes not just what social scientists know, but how they think and answer questions. No previous knowledge of sociology required.
Skills
- research methodsAI review: "You will examine data, methods, and theories sociologists use to investigate"
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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