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What is Sociology! Science of Society Science that deals with social groups Science of social institutions Science of social facts and social action Science of collective behavior Scientific study of social phenomenon What is Sociology! Scientific study of human interactions, interrelations, their conditions and consequences. Sociology enables one to make a critical enquiry and reflection of human life. Human behavior is largely shaped by the groups to which people belong and by the social interaction that takes place within those groups. Sociology shares with all other scientific perspectives the assumption that there is order in nature and that discovered, described and understood. What is Sociology! * Sociology is an academic discipline which examines humans as a product of social interaction, socializations and social patterns. * Sociologists see society as a system of unequal power and they try to understand this power dynamics.

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