SOC 0396 - Education and Society

Demand 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of the functions and processes that characterize the social institution of education, including cultural transmission and social control, and the role of education in the process of social stratification, including ability grouping and social class reproduction. An examination of attempts to achieve equality of educational opportunity by race/ethnicity, gender and social class and of the relationships between education and other social institutions including the family, religion, health care and the economy. Prerequisite: SOC 0110.