Class Detail

Exploration of nature, structure, and functionings of American society. Explores the following: social institutions and economic structure; the successes, failures, and intractabilities of institutions; general and distinctive features of American society; specific problems such as race, sex, and other inequalities; urban-rural differences. Fulfills lower-division major requirement.

From the Instructor: This course takes an alternative approach to thinking about globalization. We will develop our sociological imaginations while moving through several key historical moments in world histories: racial capitalism and colonialism, the Third World and anti-colonial projects, neoliberalism, and contemporary struggles for global justice. We will also attempt to develop a more comprehensive understanding of these global processes by addressing the experiences, struggles, and events of peoples in parts of the world beyond Europe and the US. We will critically analyze these histories so that we may more deeply understand and ? potentially ? address conditions of local, national, and global inequality. Class will meet in person on Tuesday 1-4:30 and remotely on Thursday 1-4:30.

Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
TuTh 01:00PM-04:30PM	Earth&Marine B214	Parra,M.	06/26/23 - 07/28/23