SOC 245 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

This course examines sociological analyses of race and ethnicity in the United States, emphasizing how racial and ethnic categories are socially constructed, and how their social construction is linked to social inequality. We will trace the development of sociological theories to explain how race and ethnicity are connected to social inequality in the U.S. Topics include the social construction of race and ethnicity; racial formation theory; Duboisian sociology; wealth inequality and racial capitalism; the relationship between immigration and racialization; racism and discrimination; settler colonialism and indigeneity; and race and spatial formation.

Unit(s): 1
Group Distribution Requirement(s): Distribution Group II
Prerequisite(s): SOC 211
Instructional Method: Conference
Grading Mode: Letter grading (A-F)
Cross-listing(s): CRES 245
Group Distribution Learning Outcome(s):

Evaluate data and/or sources.
Analyze institutions, formations, languages, structures, or processes, whether social, political, religious, economic, cultural, intellectual or other.
Think in sophisticated ways about causation, social and/or historical change, human cognition, or the relationship between individuals and society, or engage with social, political, religious or economic theory in other areas.