SOC 3158A - Social Change

Institution:

Dowling College (Closed)

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Description:

3 credits Explores the pattern of change in social, cultural, and personal sys tems of action. The direction, nature, and intensity of social change are examined in the contexts of technological development and ideological innovation. Topics include changing value systems and life styles; social change in the community; evolutionary and revolutionary political change; the Post-Industrial State; Future Shock; consciousness expansion: myth or rationality; environmental and ecological change; institutional change: family, education, religion, and mass media. The course also examines the construction of reality and alternate realities. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.DOWLING.EDU

Phone Number:

(631) 244-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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