FYSM 209 - Making It In America

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

Everywhere we turn, we are confronted with news of a booming economy and of the increased opportunities available to "make it" in world dominated by global corporations, e-business, and Internet start-up companies. We hear less about the poverty, economic inequality, and the class, racial, gender, and sexual cleavages that are also features of American society at the beginning of the new century. This seminar will consider these developments by taking us on a journey up the class ladder of American society. Through the use of film, journalism, sociology, anthropology, guest speakers, and field work, we will examine the ways in which one's class standing affects opportunities, resources, and power at the start of the twenty-first century, and how this relationship is affected by race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. This journey from top to bottom will also involve the many episodes of collective action by groups resisting their unequal positions in American society. 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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