SOCY 115b - Contemporary American Society

Institution:

Yale University

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Description:

Karl Ulrich Mayer, Ron Eyerman, Philip Gorski. tth10.30-11.20, 1 htba So (23) The major demographics and central dynamics of contemporary U.S. society. Use of sociological theory to analyze social macrostructures and their historical change. Major fault lines in American society; how social structures shape social landscapes. Population and migration, social class, education and social mobility, gender, family and the life course, race, ethnicity and urban poverty, social movements and popular culture, and religion and community.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yale.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 432-4771

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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