SOC 214 - Social Class in America

Semester Hours: 4

An examination of the various forms and systems of social inequality in human societies, with attention to the mechanisms that perpetuate inequalities, ideologies that legitimate them, and possibilities for social mobility. Particular focus is on the pronounced and growing income and wealth inequality in the contemporary United States and the social problems of poverty and food insecurity. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).

Intellectual Perspective: ST