SOCI40803
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Social Inequality
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Long Description (Catalog Description)
Prerequisite: SOCI 20213, 20223, or permission of instructor. Examination of the current status of inequality in contemporary American society in terms of the distribution of power, prestige, and wealth. Critical assessments of economic, status, racial sexual, and political inequality. Focus on such dimensions as the impact of inequality on personal life chances, crime, and social mobility, the feasibility of equality in our society, the programs and policies to reduce inequality and their political and societal ramifications.
Course Typically Offered
SPRING
Career
Undergraduate
Catalog Course Attributes
AAAS - AAAS (African American and Africana), CORE - WEM (Writing Emphasis-TCUCC), CRES - CRES (Comp Race & Ethnic Studies)
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No
Number Of Repeats
1
Code
LEC
Name
LEC