2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SC 424 - Seminar: Privilege and Inequality in Education

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. The sociological imagination is applied to the examination of how schooling is impacted by broader social structures, institutions, and practices. Specific attention is given to the influence of factors such as race, class, gender, social mobility, and social capital in shaping educational advantages and disadvantages. An equity lens is applied to the exploration of the extent to which schools promote equal opportunity and/or reproduce prevailing patterns of power, privilege, and hierarchy. The American educational system is emphasized and examined in comparative context. Seminar format with limited enrollment.



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