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Nov 21, 2024
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MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025
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SOC 253 - Race and Ethnicity
Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090 and ENGL 090 or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C6 General Education Social Systems Satisfier Y
MTA Social Sciences Satisfier Y
Global Studies Satisfier Course Y
Session Cycle: FL
This course is an introduction to the sociological study of race and ethnicity. Students will be exposed to the historical and contemporary factors contributing to the social construction of these phenomena. Besides identity and group formation, this course explores how race and ethnicity have consistently played a role in social and institutional discrimination-including in the areas of economics, education, health, incarceration, and politics. Course content has been selected to help students see the impact of race and ethnicity on socioeconomic standing in contemporary American society. Emphasis will also be placed on racial and ethnic relations in Europe and the Global South. This course is a satisfier course for the Global Studies Degree Designation.
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