JS 0581 - Social Stratification

3 Credit Hours
Examination of differences in power, privilege and prestige based on socio-economic statuses and reflected in differing lifestyle or consumption patterns. Analysis of the effects of social inequality on people’s lives within the United States by social class, as well as by race/ethnicity and gender. An overview of the complex array of social structures that comprise systems of inequality at local, national and international levels. Prerequisites: Junior level standing, a 3.2 GPA, and permission of the instructor.