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Featured Courses - Summer 2019

SOCY-1021: U.S. Race and Ethnic Relations

An examination of race and minority problems in U.S. society, including the psychological, social, and cultural sources of prejudice and discrimination. (Maymester)

SOCY-2031 : Social Problems

Examines various social problems in the U.S. through a traditional sociological framework focused on race, class, and gender. Considers such problems as economic, racial, and gender inequality as manifestations of broader structural dynamics rooted in unequal relations of power. Addresses topics such as mass incarceration, poverty, segregation, drug use, immigration, and war and terrorism. (Term A)

SOCY-4007 : Global Human Ecology (Online)

Examines global environmental issues from sociological perspectives. Focuses on such problems as overpopulation, world hunger and poverty, pollution, resource shortages, the environmental impact of technology and population dynamics, public policy, and strategies for change. (Term A)

SOCY-1016 : Sex, Gender and Society

Examines status and power differences between the sexes at individual and societal levels. Emphasizes the historical context of gender roles and status, reviews major theories of gender stratification. (Term B)

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4/18/19

Professor Claire Decoteau of the University of Illinois - Spring 2019 Speaker Series. More Info

4/2/19

Professor Ellis Monk of Harvard University- Spring 2019 Speaker Series. More Info

3/6/19

Professor Mara Loveman of the University of California- Berkeley- Spring 2019 Speaker Series. More Info

1/18/19 

Professor Tim Bartley of Washington University in St. Louis - Spring 2019 Speaker Series. More info 

9/27/18

Professor Kelsy Burke of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Fall 2018 Speaker Series. More info

7/20/18

CU Boulder Today features a focus on the new Animals and Society Certificate. Take a look. 

4/24/18 

Barry Eidlin of McGill University - Spring 2018 Speaker Series. More info

3/20/18 

Pilar Goñalons-Pons of the University of Pennsylvania - Spring 2018 Speaker Series. More info

3/6/18 

Corey Fields of Georgetown University - Spring 2018 Speaker Series. More info 

 

 

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