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SOCI-163 Education and Society

SOCI-163 Education and Society
Spring only
Faculty:
  • Hinkson, Leslie
    • In this course students will examine critical topics and sociological research on schools and education from both classic and contemporary scholarship. Issues to be surveyed include the development and application of social and cultural capital; the effects of racial segregation and resource inequality; the effects of tracking; the role of gender, class, and race in structuring educational opportunity; the effects of schooling on life-course outcomes; the significance of a school's institutional environment; and the sociology of school-reform movements.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: None
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