Sociology of Education
SOCIOL XL M175
This course explores how the U.S. educational system both promotes socioeconomic opportunities and maintains socioeconomic inequalities.
What you can learn.
- Apply sociological theory and research methods to the way education is evaluated, improved, and adapted to a rapidly changing world
- Understand school organization and educational processes from elementary, secondary, and post-secondary perspectives
- Explore the ways that education impacts an individual’s identity, and study inequality, social class, gender, and race/ethnicity in the U.S. and across the world
- Understand how educational policy is made, its origins, and the continuing effects of educational reform
About this course:
This course explores how the U.S. educational system both promotes socioeconomic opportunities and maintains socioeconomic inequalities. Topics include historical and theoretical perspectives on the role of education in U.S. society; trends in educational attainment; how family background, class, race, and gender affect educational achievement and attainment; stratification between and within schools; effects of education on socioeconomic attainment, family, health, attitudes, and social participation; and educational policies to improve school quality and address socioeconomic inequalities. Transferable for UC credit.Corporate Education
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