SOC 3452 is also offered in Fall 2024
SOC 3452 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2021 | SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (63643)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (53 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?budhi006+SOC3452+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course will deepen our understanding of education and social inequality. We will critically examine how educational systems come to be and scrutinize what happens inside educational institutions. We will also learn about how education has been a site of struggles for equality and how different thinkers have imagined its egalitarian potential. In exploring these various dimensions of education, this course will enable us to think about both how education reproduces and can challenge inequalities of social class, race, and gender.
- Grading:
- Weekly engagement (20%)
Two assignments (40%)
Group project (40%)
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. We will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Workload:
- To be determined by instructor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63643/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2020
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2021 Sociology Classes