CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY   [Archived Catalog]
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog
   

SOC 1107 - CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a survey of theoretical approaches and substantive topics in the sociology of culture. We will look at how sociologists attempt to explain a range of contemporary cultural phenomena: national cultural differences in norms and values; cultural boundaries between groups; the negotiation of cross-cultural interpersonal exchanges in everyday life; the cultural classifications of objects and events in terms of structural codes; the organizational constraints on the production of cultural objects and activities; and how people consume or respond to cultural products.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.


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