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Course Description

Sociology gives us tools to examine and think differently about society, communities and ourselves. Sociologists challenge assumptions about the world, and study issues, ideas, and practices of everyday life that often go unrecognized.

This course examines the social world, focusing on the interactions that individuals have with social forces, structures, and institutions as well as the ways in which these interactions shape everyday lived experiences. We will use different theoretical and methodological approaches to study issues such as: culture, class, race/ethnicity, gender, migration, labor, family, prisons, and education, from a sociological perspective. Questions of power, inequality, and social change are central to this course.

Students who engage with the material and complete the work in this course will:

  • Be able to explain the main sociological theories, concepts and methods as presented in class.
  • Be ale to apply sociological concepts and theories to the social world and to everyday life.
  • Employ sociology as a form of critical thinking and analysis.

 

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