APY 205 - American Norms and Deviations

Institution:

University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Points out definitions of the situation that exclude and oppress some Americans for the apparent benefit of other Americans; explores categories of people ( criminals, junkies, bums, drunks, and so forth) as realities and as stereotypes, and analyzes their origins in American social history; also clarifies forces that sustain such categorizing.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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