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SOC 605

Third-World Societies

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Analysis of the social structure of Third-World societies in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East in comparative historical perspective.

Units

Lecture3

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • articulate and evaluate connections among national, regional and global development contexts of selected countries in the Third World.
  • demonstrate how globalization impacts the development or underdevelopment of selected Third World Countries or entire regions (e.g. Africa, Asia or Latin America).
  • identify, analyze and interpret connections of dominant development theories to strategies and policies of development in Third World Countries.
  • identify and apply relevant theories and strategies of development to selected case studies in Third World Countries.