Social Inequalities Minor

Become a force for change.

Understand how social inequalities affect individuals and shape the world.

Are you ready to become a catalyst for change in a world grappling with social inequalities? The Social Inequalities Minor offers you the opportunity to delve into the complex systems that contribute to social inequality and learn how to combat them.

With courses that explore prejudice and privilege related to race, gender, class, and sexuality, you’ll gain the critical insights needed to address unjust systems. Whether you’re majoring in education, health, or business, this minor will complement your studies and empower you to advocate for justice and equality.

What you will learn:

Identity and its relation to prejudice, privilege, and power in micro-interactions and social structures
How race, ethnicity, language, gender, sexuality, social class, are stratified
Differentiation, inequality, and discrimination related to race, class, and gender
Historical and contemporary discussions of race and ethnicity
Capitalism and the ways it has made and unmade the world

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Explore sample courses in this program.

SO-201 Prejudice, Privilege, and Power

Introduction to the social psychological foundations of identity and identity’s relation to prejudice, privilege, and power in micro-interactions and social structures. Students engage with social-psychological understandings of categorizations and their implications at individual and structural levels.

3 credits

SO-255 Sociology of Disability

Using theory and practical application, this course explores the impact of impairment and disability within a societal context.

3 credits

SO-307 Puerto Rican Diaspora

Survey of a wide range of Puerto Rican experiences and overview of how social structures shape the daily lives of Puerto Ricans in the United States. Through a focus on diasporas, the course centers on migration as a key experience within Puerto Rican imaginaries.

3 credits

SO-320 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

This course focuses on historical and contemporary discussions of race and ethnicity within sociology. The course familiarizes students with central threads in the study of race and ethnicity and identifies gaps, particularly as they are relevant for the academic and social sphere of today.

3 credits

SO-350 Wealth, Poverty, and Power

Sociological examination of economic stratification; focuses on the translation of class into power via politics, education, and collective struggle.

3 credits

SO-355 Gender and Sexuality

This course introduces the sociologist study of gender and sexuality. This course examines how social institutions and cultural norms construct particular gender roles and sexual identities within society.

3 credits

SO-360 Urban Sociology

A cross-cultural study of urban social systems and the phenomena and problems connected with the planning process.

3 credits

SO-425 Global Capitalism

Themes may include imperialism and the underdevelopment of the Global South, decolonization struggles, global urbanization, global financial institutions, global labor struggles, war and capitalism, global environmental crises and the struggle over resources, and market hegemony.

3 credits

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