Courses

Soc 29. Race Class, and Environmental Justice
Processes that create inequality and how they impact the uneven distribution of environmental degradation and protection. Placement of hazardous facilites in minority communities, unequal protection of environmental health, employment structure of hazardous industrial workplaces, socio-ecological conditions of migrant farm workers, extraction of resources from Native lands, population control initiatives directed at peoples of color, and the national and transnational export of toxic waste.

Soc 25. Visual Sociology*
Visual media as a method for sociological data collection and critical analysis Representations of collective identity and social conflict. Introduction to history of visual media. Role of visual media in contemporary society. New media technology as social practice. Photographs, film, and video as sociological data. A substantial field research project is required.

Soc 46. Consumer Society*
Development of consumer society in modern times, with emphasis on the United States and comparison with other countries. Critical analysis of major institutions, media, and social and cultural norms, and gender, generational, and ethnic identities that shape and reflect global consumer culture.

* Note: Pending approval by the Board of Trustees.

List of Undergraduate Courses:
• Core Curriculum (until Fall 2006)
• Sociology

List of Graduate Courses:
• Sociology