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SOC 180: Advanced Issues in Race and Ethnicity

Units: 4

Examines in depth the main classical and modern explanations of the issues surrounding Race and Ethnicity. Issues include: Power; processes that create/maintain inequality, biological vs social constructions of race, race and ethnicity in the age of conquest, race and ethnicity in modern society.

Course Details
Anticipated term(s) course will be offered:
  • Fall
  • Spring

Repeatable for Credit: No
Normal Letter Grade only

GE Requirements
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science
  • Badge: Scientific Method
  • Badge: Diversity and Identity
  • Badge: Global Awareness
  • Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline

Requisites and Restrictions
Instructor Permission Required: No


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