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AAS 3251W is also offered in Summer 2022
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Summer 2022 | AAS 3251W Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (87527)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
SOC 3251W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Summer Session 14 wk
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (10 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?pharr004+SOC3251W+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- Our goal in this course is to understand both the causes and consequences of inequality in American society. We will explore the social construction of race, class, and gender, and how their definitions and boundaries vary across time and across space. We will assess how these constructs are "real in their consequences," and have a profound impact on individual experiences, identities, and relationships. We will analyze how various axes of social inequality are reproduced at the interpersonal, institutional, and systemic level. Finally, we will examine how race, class, gender, sexuality, (dis)ability, and any number of other social statuses interact and intersect in shaping our unique standpoint. This is an online, writing intensive course, and students will be evaluated primarily on their ability to discuss the course material and communicate core concepts in relation to their experiences and current events. Students will contribute to weekly online discussions, submit in-depth reading journals/discussion posts, and complete one 8-10 page formal essay.
- Grading:
- General participation in online discussion - 15%
5 discussion posts - 50%
1 8-10 page essay (including proposal, rough draft, peer revision, and final draft) - 35%
- Workload:
- - approximately 40 pages of reading per week
- weekly participation in online discussion
- 5 500-word discussion posts
- 1 2000-2500-word formal essay (including proposal, rough draft, peer revision, and final draft)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87527/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 February 2022
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