Major - Communication, Power, and Capital

SOCI 2017  Communication, Power, and Capital

Prerequisites:

SOCI 2016 or permission of the instructor.

Antirequisites:

SOCI 2015, ANTR 2017, ANTH 2017

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.