SOC 1104 - Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Social Constructs, Real World Consequences

(crosslisted) AMST 1104, LSP 1105
(SBA-AS) (CU-SBY)

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

S. Alvarado.

This course will examine race and ethnic relations between Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in the United States. The goal of this course is for students to understand how the history of race and ethnicity in the U.S. affects opportunity structures in, for example, education, employment, housing, and health. Through this course students will gain a better understanding of how race and ethnicity stratifies the lives of individuals in the U.S.