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Jan 15, 2025
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SOCI 618 - Social Inequalities
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course will explore the various explanations of the origin, nature, and persistence of racial, ethics, social class, and gender inequalities. Various theoretical perspectives (e.g., functionalist, conflict, Marxist, sociobiological) will be discussed. The concepts of class, power, social status, and social honor and their interconnectedness will be examined. Social mobility will also be studied. Discussions will focus on capitalist societies and with the more recent changes in these societies.
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