SO 320 - Race and Ethnic Relations

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Recognize the sociological perspective, or the interplay of the individual and society and how individuals are shaped by the cultural context of the societies in which they live. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of majority/minority group relations, and how these relationships have come to be. 
• Identify the various forms of prejudice and discrimination, and theories that seek to explain them. 
• Examine the development of racial categories throughout the history of the United States. 
• Examine the relationship between and among related factors such as immigration and religion in connection to race and ethnicity. 
• Analyze and examine how the relationships among cultural, economic, political, social, and historical events shape various ethnic- and racial-group experiences in the United States. 
• Evaluate how race relations around the world are similar to and different from the U.S. experience.