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Featured Courses
SOCY 1021-101 – US Race & Ethnic Relations Maymester
Curious about race and ethnicity in the US and how to talk about it? This 3-week course covers how membership in racial and ethnic groups affects nearly every aspect of American life, such as where we live, what types of schools we attend, where we work and how quickly we get promoted, how likely we are to get arrested for crime, our sense of belonging in society, and how others interpret our actions. Daily class time will include a brief lecture but will primarily be dedicated to group discussion and activities designed to clarify and deepen our understandings of the course material.
SOCY 2034-200: Drugs in U.S. Society - Summer Term B
Designed as a summer seminar, this course introduces students to the sociological study of drug use in the United States. We will incorporate film, popular media, discussion, and readings in order to address topics such as the implications of current legalization measures, drug treatment and prevention strategies, social problem and the effects of the “war on drugs” and more.
SOCY 4160: Designing Social Innovations - Fall 2018
Are you passionate about solving a social problem but not sure how? Do you want to do more than tweet about a cause, raise awareness about unjust conditions, etc.? If so, you might be interested in SOCY 4160 that teaches students how to design evidence-based strategies for improving the lives of society's most vulnerable and disadvantaged people. SOCY 4160 is also one of two required classes for CU’s new certificate in Social Innovation.
Social Innovation certificate website: https://www.colorado.edu/programs/socialinnovation/
Featured Faculty
Jason Boardman
Jason Boardman's research focuses on the social determinants of health with an emphasis on the gene-environment interactions related to health behaviors. He teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in statistics, social demography, and the sociology of race and ethnicity.
Christina Sue
Christina Sue's research is in the areas of comparative race/ethnicity, race mixture/multiracialism, Latino/a integration, immigration, and gender, with a regional focus on Latin America and the United States. In 2013 she published Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico.