Understanding Diversity through Sociology

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Course Requirements

Students must also:

Students must complete all requirements with a grade of B or higher.

Think critically and sociologically about controversial contemporary and historical topics stemming from issues such as gender, race, class, ethnicity, religion, disability, and immigration in American society.
Identify the theories, methods and findings of key research conduced by sociologists studying diversity
Understand the relationship between social structure, culture, and individual/collective agency.
Describe and assess how discrimination and oppression impact the lives of people of color and other marginalized populations in the United States.
Describe how categories of diversity intersect or connect with each other, creating complex identities and perspectives.
Analyze how categories of difference create both institutional inequalities and advantages.
Evaluate the effectiveness of policies intending to increase or reduce diversity.
Apply sociological concepts from the diversity coursework in writing a diversity statement for an employer.