Overview
Description
Analysis of major theories of stratification and inequality. Historical development of class systems and racial/ethnic and gender inequality with emphasis on the class structure of American society.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Core
CO10
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding via exams and writings of how issues of equity and justice are at the very foundation of the study of inequality and stratification.
- explain how social barriers constructed around categorizations (e.g. class, race, gender, etc.) create and perpetuate social inequality.
- apply relevant perspectives from a number of different paradigms and/or theoretical camps to critically analyze the existence of social stratification in society.