Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
Goucher College 2016-2017 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 permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2015-2016 and alternate years.