SOC 324 Race and Ethnic Relations
Analysis of the social forces - past, present, and future - that govern race relations and determine disparate life outcomes by race and ethnicity. This course will introduce students to various ways of thinking about race relations in contemporary society. Focus will be on the context in which racialized social structures and race relations evolve, including changes in migration patterns; economics; law and policy; demographics; and globalization. The class will introduce and focus on the sociological perspective that race and ethnicity are socially constructed.