Fall 2019  |  SOC 8211 Section 001: The Sociology of Race & Racialization (33161)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 710
Enrollment Status:
Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.
Class Notes:
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Class Description:
This course is intended to provide graduate students with a broad overview of the major theoretical concepts, questions, paradigms and debates in the study of race, ethnicity, racism and race relations in sociology and other related fields. ?Theories? here will be broadly construed to include everything from formal analytic modeling and testing to cultural critiques of taken-for-granted ontological presuppositions. We will begin with a brief introduction to basic definitional issues, traditional core theoretical frames and primary course concerns. The main body of the course will be devoted to in-depth reading and discussion of key books and articles on the major issues and themes in the field. These will include: explanations of racial/ethnic disparities; racial attitudes research; immigration; assimilation and neoassimilation; critical race theory; race and popular culture; neoliberalism and race; intersectionality; whiteness theory; colorblindness; and multiculturalism. Throughout the twin goals of the course will be to grasp the complicated dynamic processes involved in the construction, reproduction, transformation and contestation of race and ethnicity as well as to stimulate thinking about the broader consequences of these processes and forces for social life taken as a whole.
Grading:
50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
15% Class Participation
Class Format:
25% Lecture
50% Discussion
25% Student Presentations
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Book Report(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33161/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 April 2013

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