SOCI 355: Social Inequality

SOCI 355-001: Social Inequality
(Spring 2019)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW

Planetary Hall 206

Section Information for Spring 2019

This course is an examination of --from a sociological perspective—Social Inequalities in America.

We explore how inequalities are defined and how inequalities interrelate with the rest of society.

Some of the topics we will discuss this semester are:

 

What, exactly, are Social Inequalities?

The social construction of social inequalities

Identifying and Labeling Inequalities

 

The course explores the evolution of social inequalities from a global and historical perspective. Examines how changing societal beliefs, assumptions, and attitudes may affect definitions of social inequalities and the ways in which people individually and collectively act to create new futures.

In this course, we will identify the basic contours of the structure of social inequality in the United States through engagement with classical sociological research, and original sociological research on class, race, and gender. Through reading and active participation in lectures, class discussions, we will develop answers to the central question that motivates much sociological inquiry into inequality: Who gets what, and why?

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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.
Mason Core: Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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