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Apr 03, 2026
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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.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Diversity
Strongly Recommended Preparation: SOC 100
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
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 outcomes and systems of race/ethnicity, class, and gender inequality. Explore cultural variations in approaches to educational aspirations and experiences of schooling.
- Read and apply 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, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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