SOCI 308: Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World

SOCI 308-002: Race/Ethnicity Changing World
(Fall 2016)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

Buchanan Hall D005

Section Information for Fall 2016

Using the two sociological frameworks of “systemic racism” and “color-blind racism” this course actively engages students in an examination of the history and sociology of American society. The course opens up the “Sociological Imagination” to explore American society where the 44thPresident of the US is African American. What has changed racially & ethnically in the US since the election of Barack Obamas?

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores how race and ethnicity have been shaped by policies and practices in Western and non-Western societies. Explores the evolution of racial and ethnic attitudes from a global and historical perspective. Examines how changing demographic racial patterns may affect definitions of race and ethnicity and the ways in which people individually and collectively act to create new futures. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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