[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 343 - The Social Ladder: Diversity and Inequality in America

3 credits
Prerequisite(s): ENG 122 
This course examines how our social class, race, ethnicity, and gender all intersect to shape the challenges and opportunities we face. Students will learn to identify the types, causes, and consequences of social stratification and critically assess the role of inequality, especially privilege versus poverty and deprivation, in the United States and in their own lives.