OER: Sociology

MIT Open Courseware list of Social Justice related courses

This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention is paid to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis.

This syllabus project contributes to tribal organizations' work in resisting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and is explored through readings, articles, and follows a set of teachings from Indigenous scholars and activists looking through a historical, political, and economical scholarly lens. This syllabus can be a tool to access research usually kept behind paywalls, or a resource package for those unfamiliar with Indigenous histories and politics.

This module focuses on major topics and areas of debate in comparative social studies through the study of classical theoretical contributions and more recent empirical research, with particular reference to contemporary industrial societies. It uses case studies of different issues such as welfare and citizenship to explore different theoretical positions.

A wide collection of videos and articles about, oddly enough, popular sociology.

The Public Sociology Toolkit is information about the methods and skills we use to study social issues, and work toward social change.

SocioQuest is a repository of guided internet assignments – WebQuests, Virtual Explorations, and Internet Scavenger Hunts. The content of SocioQuests are generally written for students at institutions of higher education and advanced high school students. This is an expanding site with new material being posted on a regular basis.

Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry.

Huge amount of material - quite varied. UK based

Sociology game show test participants' knowledge of Sociology, helps in reviewing for exams, and allows users to have fun doing it!!

This module aims to show how health and illness although rooted in biological issues are not reducible to them. It will introduce key theories and empirical evidence to demonstrate a range of issues such as the social construction of medical power and the relationship between social inequalities and health. It will introduce students to some of the debates about medical uncertainty and the show the value of sociological critiques to medical practices.

This module examines the social and cultural relations of human reproduction. It outlines the ways in which ideals about femininity, masculinity, gender relationships and ‘normal’ families are present in debates about who should and should not have children. It introduces a range of feminist theories on human reproduction and draws on empirical studies to explain and explore theoretical issues. It shows the interrelationship between social structures and controls over human reproduction, and how studying the way that society understands human reproduction helps to understand these wider social structures.