Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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SOC 2380X - Global Social Change
What is driving global social change? How does social transformation occur? This course uses the tools of sociology to explore the complex ways that contemporary politics, economics, culture, technology, and protest movements are transforming our increasingly interconnected world. We begin by exploring how theories and research from sociology and related fields can help us make sense of these important global changes. We then turn to explore the dynamics of social change from five different perspectives, including politically-driven change, economically-driven change, culturally-driven change, technology-driven change, and change driven by popular global protest and social movements. Along the way, we will consider a wide range of social issues and urgent social problems, including the effects of neoliberalism, the politicization of COVID-19 and other epidemics, the interplay between religion and law, how social media is transforming civic engagement, and movements for gender recognition and equality. Our course concludes by considering new forms of social movements that call for innovative solutions to the challenges of our changing global world.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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