Overview
Description
This course employs the sociological perspective in understanding the intersection between societal influences and contemporary culture in six popular cultural fields: film, food, music, comedy, romance/relationships, and communications technologies.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Core
CO6, CO9
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain, based on academic research and literature, how taken-for-granted categories and their evaluations within each cultural field are connected to or explained by broader social structures.
- distinguish between individual and sociological explanations for the creation and evaluation of cultural categories.
- analyze structural challenges and stratifications associated with jobs and/or occupations within each cultural field, especially concerning issues of race, gender, and/or class.
- critically evaluate how digital technologies have affected human society or vice versa.