DSOC 2090

DSOC 2090

Course information provided by the 2017-2018 Catalog.

This course reviews contemporary approaches to understanding social inequality and the processes by which it comes to be seen as legitimate, natural, or desirable.  We address questions of the following kind:  What are the major forms of stratification in human history?  Are inequality and poverty inevitable?  How many social classes are there in advanced industrialism societies?  Is there a "ruling class?"  Are lifestyles, attitudes, and personalities shaped fundamentally by class membership?  Can individuals born into poverty readily escape their class origins and move upward in the class structure?  Are social contacts and "luck" important forces in matching individuals to jobs and class positions?  What types of social processes serve to maintain and alter racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination in labor markets?  Is there an "underclass?"  These and other questions are addressed in light of classical and contemporary theory and research.


Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Distribution Category (D-AG, SBA-AG)

When Offered Spring, summer.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 2208SOC 2208

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3631 DSOC 2090   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4562 DSOC 2090   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4563 DSOC 2090   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4564 DSOC 2090   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4565 DSOC 2090   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4566 DSOC 2090   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4567 DSOC 2090   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4568 DSOC 2090   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4569 DSOC 2090   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person