Social Inequality

Catalog description

EDP, IL, SS- This sociology course introduces students to the dynamics of inequality in the United States by examining social statuses (e.g. race, class, gender, and sexuality). Students explore how such statuses are interconnected, how each is embedded in the social structure and how the lives of individuals develop in the context of society. Students will learn to locate themselves within local and national contexts and explore their own relationship to power and privilege. Students also will discuss strategies for change, political agency. and social policy. This course includes a community based- learning project.