SOCI 314 - Unequal Educations

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS
This course focuses on education as a social institution and the inequalities structured within it. Using theory and empirical evidence, education in the United States will be examined from pre-school through post-secondary levels. The intersections of education and other institutions, (e.g. political, economic and familial) are analyzed and include discussions of race/ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. Further, the role of education in social reproduction and social control will be examined.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: D. John