Description
This course focuses on similarities and differences among forms of oppression and emphasizes the ways in which issues of race, class, and gender intersect. Students will examine the social construction of difference, analyze how differences become translated into inequalities, and adopt a critical stance in the exploration of how inequalities based on difference are maintained and changed. By course end, students will be able to evaluate various approaches currently employed within the sociology and criminal justice fields in order to address and redress social inequalities at both the individual and group level; students will be able to identify these approaches intellectually and apply them as future professionals. Prerequisite: SOC 111 Introduction to Sociology