Overview
Description
An overview of ethnic and race relations in the U.S. with an emphasis on systemic inequalities and their impact on Asian, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
SOC 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; SOC 101.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO10, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- examine how race and ethnicity are socially constructed categories by exploring what gives them meaning, how the categories are maintained or transformed, and how they are related to inequality.
- recognize how race and ethnicity are both distinct from and intersect with other major axis of social identity and life, such as class, gender, and nation.
- explore the significance of race and ethnicity in social institutions and individual experiences and identities.
- use insights from different academic disciplines, explain how institutional arrangements maintain, enhance, or reduce levels of social mobility and equity for members of minority group status and analyze the sociological processes involved.
- compare the issues confronting ethnic and racial groups in different countries, evaluate successes and challenges, analyze the social, economic, and policy factors that shape these systems, and explain implications for creating a more equitable society.