SOC 111 - World Cultures

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

SOCIOLOGY

Description:

The course serves as an introduction to studying cultural changes form an interdisciplinary, global perspective. Students will consider diverse ways of being, finding meaning, and assigning value that exist in human communities. Common processes and themes of cultural change around the world will be explored. Course Objectives (1) Understand how cultural patterns are studied in the social sciences( from an interdisciplinary perspective). (2) Begin to interrogate the taken-for-granted aspects of everyday life. (3) Articulate-in writing and orally- an understanding of critical perspectives on the intersection of global, national and local processes. (4) Interpret how political economic processes shape social and cultural change.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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