SOC 370 - Race and Ethnicity

Prerequisite, SOC 101, or consent of instructor. The course examines meanings of racial and ethnic identities in the United States, the causes of discrimination and prejudice and the responses of minority groups to differential treatment. Focuses on the study of the economic, political, cultural, and historical factors that shaped our historical era and how those factors influence our ethnic and race relations in the United States. [DEI] (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits