SOC 370 - Sociology of Education

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: Diversity
The role of educational institutions in industrial and post-industrial societies. The contributions of various theories to understanding how schools affect individuals and groups, and the relationship between education and systems of race/ethnicity, class, and gender.

Equivalent Quarter Course: SOC 3620.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Interpret quantitative representations (charts, graphs) depiction of educational attainment, read and interpret qualitative studies that examine educational experiences.
Understand the relationship between educational attainment and outcomes and systems of race/ethic, class, and gender inequality. Explore cultural variations in approaches to educational aspirations and experiences of schooling.
Read and integrate various scholarly perspectives and theories on education as a macro level system and micro level interactions in educational settings.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.