SOCI 3355. Racial and Ethnic Inequality. 3 Hours.
Students examine racial and ethnic stratification in its various dimensions. Topics may include the placement in the class, status and power stratification systems on the basis of birth ascribed and socially defined race/ethnicity, and the ideologies which serve to rationalize these inequalities. Other topics may address the study of institutional discrimination and racial/ethnic stratification in major social institutions such as education, health care, religion and work.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1301 or SOCI 2319.
