SOC 444 - Sociology of Culture

Institution:

University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Description:

Explores meaning-making within the United States' social structure. Students examine the cultural dimensions of important social processes including race, power, resistance, class, gender, family, etc. Includes theoretical and empirical analyses of both high and popular cultural forms, discursive practices, semiotics, signs and symbols, and processes of cultural production (at home, work, in art, music, theater, etc.). 263 455 Sociology of Work and Occupations (3 hrs) Contemporary work situations and experiences. Alienation in work, impact of technological change and bureaucratization, primary work groups and work culture, professionalization, unionization, workers' self-management experiments, and workleisure relationship.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uah.edu

Phone Number:

(256) 824-6120

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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