SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION.

Catalog description

This course examines the sociocultural processes involved in the production of academic inequalities. It assesses how families shape students' opportunity structures and explores how factors like teacher influences, neighborhood environments, peer groups, and cultural resources shape students' educational trajectories. The course emphasizes college and university settings to further understandings of the disparate academic experiences of marginalized student groups. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor.