Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

SOCI 301 - SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Long Title: SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Department: Sociology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Credit Hours: 3
Description: A survey of US inequalities of wealth, status, and power. The situation of various minority groups and social classes. What kinds of inequality are unjustifiable? Can they be abolished? If so, how? The trade-off between equality and such valued goods as freedom and efficiency.