Course Code & Number
SOC 421
Course Title
Power, Inequality and Social Classes
Level
BS
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: SOC 103 OR SOC 101
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
This course focuses on power, inequality and their relation to social classes. The goals of the course are to understand how inequality is conceptualized and measured in the social sciences, to understand the structure of inequality and to understand the forces that both produce and inhibit intergenerational social mobility.