Minority Studies (SOCI 2319-091(18041) Online Anytime)

This course is an in-depth theoretical and practical Sociological analysis that examines historical and contemporary minority issues including race and ethnicity using historical and modern demographic data such as life span, birth rates, marriage patterns, business ownership, educational attainment, migration data, and assimilation/pluralism patterns as well as the impact of economic and social globalization on minorities in the United States and the world. This course studies minority-majority group relations, addressing their historical, cultural, social, economic and institutional development in the United States. Both sociological and social psychological levels of analysis will be employed to discuss issues including experiences of minority groups within the context of their cultural heritage and tradition, as well as that of the dominant culture.