What makes you the person you are today?  What drives your ambitions and your goals?  What or who helps define your value systems or dictates for you the characteristics you seek in a life-mate?  Sociology is defined as the systemic study of human behavior. In this elective course we will examine many of these questions and offer students the opportunity to discover what is called their social imagination. Humans are social creatures and are profoundly affected by the social groups to which they belong.  These groups include but are not limited to the family a person is born into, the country he or she grew up in, his or her religious background or socio-economic status, and even a person’s gender.  Sociological theory tells us that it is our basic and constant interactions within these groups that helps define who we are, what we value, and what or whom we strive to be.  Students in this class will be engaged in class discussions and activities and will also be asked to reflect on and relate to a wide range of topics, current and historical.  The course will culminate in a final, self-reflective project and presentation to the class.  Most importantly though, students will be required to think critically about the world around them and re-examine what they know about themselves and how they fit into the social world of the past, present, and future.