SOCI-201 Minorities in American Society
This course will introduce students to a sociological investigation of the racial, ethnic, and gender stratification system found in the United States. This course will introduce students to concepts essential to the sociological analysis of the American stratification system such as prejudice, discrimination, minority, race, ethnicity, and gender. This course will examine the historical process through which the American racial and ethnic stratification system was socially constructed, and it will examine the various theoretical perspectives that have emerged in the attempt to understand this historical process. It will also teach students to apply these concepts and theories to an analysis of contemporary social problems and to his or her every day life experiences. Students will be exposed to sociological information and ideas that will help him or her to understand and to critically analyze the world we live in.