Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - Communication, Power, and Capital

ANTH 2017  Communication, Power, and Capital

Prerequisites:

SOCI 2016 or ANTH 2016

Antirequisites:

ANTR 2017, SOCI 2017, SOCI 2015

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students learn an introduction to relevant schools of thought within modern sociological theory. Students explore conceptual frameworks that incorporate the perspectives of functionalism, conflict-critical theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, feminism, post-structuralism, globalization, and various collective action problems. Students not only become familiar and conversant with contemporary sociological theories, but also be able to utilize them to better understand and explain the freedoms and constraints individuals and groups experience within the 21st Century. This course is also offered as SOCI 2017.