SOCI1223

This course examines the social forces at work directing the distribution of power and privilege in American society. Using a sociological perspective, students learn about the multiple hierarchies defined by class, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality and the consequences of one's location in them. Students will learn intersectionality theory and its application to the study of inequality; that "difference" is socially constructed in systems of privilege to create "otherness," and, in turn, prejudice and discrimination.