SOCI 3375 Social and Cultural Change

Enhances critical understanding of the dynamics of, reasons for, and the consequences of social and cultural change.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Either SOCI 1101, SOCI 2210, ANTH 2250, or permission of instructor.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Think critically about the rapidly changing world in which we live and consider the primary significant ways in which our society and culture are changing. 
2. Evaluate the key social forces responsible for social and cultural change. 
3. Cultivate a “public voice” through dialogue. Hone the crucial skill of articulating and defending positions on controversial social issues to an audience of peers, rationally defending views, and critiquing others’ positions. 
4. Engage the “what can we do?” question. Think about your own agency as an individual and your relationship to social/cultural change.