Social Inequality (201-DL-20)

Instructors

Jesse Reed Kolber

Meeting Info

Online: TBA

Overview of class

Despite the fact that equality is one of the most commonly held values in the United States, we live in a deeply unequal society. These inequalities fall along many demographic lines, including lines of race and class. In this course, students will learn how social inequalities function in society, with a focus on both systems of race and class. Students will learn several foundational theories of race and class and then examine how these theories unfold in a variety of institutional settings. We will cover how race and class play various roles in: education, families, work places, healthcare, incarceration, neighborhoods and housing, popular culture, and the political system. Students will have several opportunities to select topics that are of interest to them for further exploration.

This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.

Registration Requirements

Note: This course is limited to School of Professional Studies students only. Undergraduate students in other schools at Northwestern are not permitted to enroll in this course.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

describe the major theories of (race and class-based) social inequalities. 

compare the major theories of (race and class-based) social inequalities. 

critique the major theories of (race and class-based) social inequalities.

describe how social inequality plays out in the context of US workplaces, schools, families, neighborhoods, and incarceration practices. 

reflect on their position within the structure of social inequality in the US. 

Class Attributes

Asynchronous:Remote class-no scheduled mtg time