A study of the nature, causes, and consequences of social inequality. Students will analyze concepts of class, status, and power, and examine issues such as credentialism and upward mobility, welfare, unemployment, and comparable worth. The course concentrates on distributive processes in the United States but is broadly comparative and includes the study of international inequality.
Hours credit: 3. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or 114 or permission of the instructor. Offered alternate years.
- Teacher: Bradley Bullock