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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOCIOL 305 - Sociology of Culture

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course will focus on developing sensitivities to culture, its importance in sociological understanding and analysis and its relevance for the complexities and challenges that individuals and societies face . This course treats culture -  whether defined as practices, signs, symbols, discourses, languages, forms of knowledge or systems of meaning - at multiple levels of analysis. Students will gain an appreciation of the influence of culture in shaping world-views, life-worlds and identity, the significance of culture in everyday life as well as the importance of culture of more “macro” levels.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101  (and SOCIOL 102  for sociology majors)

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