Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Societal Change

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to understand the theories, forms, development, and consequences of social and political collectiveness and movements on contemporary social life and how they are related to the changing nature of society. Topics include birth, death, migration, and other demographics; reasons for population growth and decline; the social and cultural effects of urbanization and industrialization; causes of conflict; the role of the mass media; modernization, and globalization and their impacts on contemporary societies. Connections are made to social psychology and other fields of study, such as economics, business, and government.