SOC 8100 SOCIAL INEQUALITY (3 credits)
This course examines social inequality from a sociological vantage point. Students will review theoretical frameworks for studying social inequality, processes that result in the unequal distributions of individual resources, empirical analyses of inequality, and the consequences of various inequalities for intergenerational social mobility. While the course focuses on inequality in the United States, global and international dimensions of social inequality are also covered.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate; permission of instructor if outside of Sociology MA program