SOCI 833: Special Topics in Sociology

SOCI 833-001: DuBois, King, and Malcom X
(Fall 2023)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M

Horizon Hall 4008

Section Information for Fall 2023

The Seminar analyzes the socio-political and philosophical ideas and theories of W.E. B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X on issues pertaining to strategies and tactics minority outcast groups must create in order to co-exist with an unfriendly powerful majority population. The seminar will focus on the writings of each thinker beginning with DuBois and the process by which he, in creating strategies for both inter-group and intra-group interaction, laid much of the foundation for many themes and issues (race, class, and gender) later addressed by both King and Malcolm X. For this reason, the concept of racial/ethnic/religious politics and its social and philosophical ramifications will be central to seminar discussions, as will themes related to Africa and Pan-Africanism, Christianity and Islam, integration, pluralism, and separatism, and democracy, capitalism, socialism, and communism.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Specialized inquiry of topics of contemporary sociological research and scholarship. Content varies. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Have completed either 6 credits of coursework at the 600 level or permission of instructor.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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