2014-2015 Catalog

SOWK 2120 Race, Class, and Gender

4.5 - 0.0 - 4.5

Prerequisite

None

Course Description

This course examines the effects of race, class, and gender on social policy and social injustice. The focus is on institutional manifestations of racism, classism, and sexism, and how these are interconnected and are mutually reinforcing. The consequences of institutionalized oppressions are examined at the individual, group, family, and societal levels.