Thinking About Race, Class and Gender

Explore race, class, and gender, with an emphasis on conceptual tools developed since the 1970s in both empirical studies and critical thought about these categories. The student will develop analytic methods for understanding distinctions and controversies, e.g., the differences between Page 453 sex and gender; the difference between race and ethnicity; arguments for and against affirmative action; and the ways in which race, gender, and class overlap. (General Education/Social Science)

Credits

4 credits

Course Code

HD 4408