Goucher College 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Nov 27, 2024  
Goucher College 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

SOA 245 - Wealth, Power, and Prestige (4 Cr.)

(formerly SOC 245) (GCR RPP)
Exploration of the origins, nature, and functions of social inequality, focusing on the processes that produce and maintain inequalities in wealth, power, privilege, and prestige in modern societies. Comparative analysis of objective and subjective consequences of class and caste stratification systems. Relative impact of class, race, gender, or ethnic differences on life opportunities. Fall semester. Offered 2021-2022 and alternate years. Shope and Swann.