SOCI 355: Social Inequality

SOCI 355-001: Social Inequality
(Spring 2018)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Enterprise Hall 276

Section Information for Spring 2018

In this course, we will identify and examine structures of social inequality in the United States, through sociological research on race, class, gender, and sexuality. We will encounter key sociological concepts and frameworks used to define and understand social hierarchies and study how inequality is reproduced through American institutions and culture. We will also review how citizens, activists, and politicians have aimed to combat social inequality through social movements, policy, and cultural transformation. We will attend to social stratification in the areas of the labor market, criminal justice system, education system, the family, neighborhoods and communities, and more.

 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies class structures and implications for individuals and groups in modern society. Explores issues of race and ethnicity, language and immigration status, sex and gender, social class, age, and sexual orientation. Examines critically the theory and research that explore the construction, experience, and meaning of such differences. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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