Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PCE 205 - Maintaining the Status Quo: Power and Privilege in the United States (4 Cr.)

(GEN. ED. #7 and #10)
This course will examine the history of privilege and its evolution from the 18th century to today. By reading historical documents, literature, biographies and sociological studies, students will explore and analyze inequalities in education, housing, jobs and examine both the means through which inequalities continue to be rationalized and the means through which they are being changed. This course serves as the writing proficiency for the program. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency, sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor. Fall and spring semester. Bess.