Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
SOC 3290 - Race and Ethnic Relations
Students explore race and ethnic relations from a sociological perspective. Topics considered include the development of ideas of race and ethnicity, sociological theories and scholarship that explain the social location of various racial and ethnic groups, how race and ethnicity intersect with other statuses, stratification and patterns of racial inequality and privilege, the experiences of different ethnic groups in U.S. society, the causes and consequences of prejudice and discrimination, media representations of race and ethnicity, and past and current social movements seeking to address racial and ethnic inequality.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Diversity and Practice
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: TAG course: OSS050 Race & Ethnicity
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to identify and employ key sociological concepts relating to race and ethnicity.
- Students will be able to explain the distinction between social differentiation and social stratification.
- Students will be able to employ and evaluate sociological theories of racial and ethnic group relationships in the United States.
- Students will be able to explain and critically evaluate race and ethnicity as social and political constructions, including explaining how these constructions inform their own cultural rules and biases.
- Students will be able to critically analyze contemporary social and cultural discourse on race and ethnicity.
- Students will be able to discuss race and ethnicity in U.S. history and explain how historical inequalities contribute to contemporary racial and ethnic inequalities.
- Students will be able to evaluate the degree of institutional discrimination in major U.S. institutions, including housing, criminal justice, education, economics, health, and popular culture.
- Students will be able to discuss the variability in the migration patterns, experiences, and verbal and non-verbal communication of selected racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
- Students will be able to identify and assess the impact of prejudices, stereotypes, discrimination, racism, and media representations on racial and ethnic groups.
- Students will be able to apply knowledge about race and ethnicity to their everyday interactions and in support of culturally different others while suspending judgment.
- Students will be able to discuss the changing nature of societal reactions to racial and ethnic diversity.
- Students will be able to discuss the social, economic, and political implications of changing national and global demographics.
- Students will be able to critically analyze current events and complex contemporary debates about race and ethnic relations using sociological concepts and theories.
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