Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 24, 2024  
Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

SOC 245 - Wealth, Power, and Prestige (3 Cr.)


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. Prerequisite: SOC 106  or ANT 107  or one 200-level social science course. Fall semester. Offered 2013-2014 and alternate years. Ghoshal, Shope.