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Course Outlines
Course Outlines

Social Issues Changing World — SOCY 1210

  1. Course Description
    • Credits: 3.00
    • Lecture Hours/Week: 3.00
    • Lab Hours/Week: 0.00
    • OJT Hours/Week: 0
    • Prerequisites: None
    • Corequisites: None
    • MnTC Goals:
      • 05 – Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
      • 08 – Global Perspective
    This class uses a sociological perspective to analyze global issues that threaten human well-being. Topics may include poverty, educational inequality, political violence, racial and ethnic inequality, gender inequality, health disparities, unsustainable food systems, environmental destruction, and human trafficking. Special attention is given to the how policies and practices in the United States impact these global issues for better or worse.
  2. Course Effective Dates: 12/28/99 – Present
  3. Outline of Major Content Areas
    1. Environmental Destruction and Climate Change
    2. Global Citizenship
    3. Global Inequalities (Socioeconomic, Racial, Gender, Health, Educational)
    4. Political Violence and War
    5. Sociological Theories of Globalization
  4. Learning Outcomes
    1. Explain globalization from a sociological perspective.
    2. Apply sociological theories to specific, current global issues.
    3. Compare and contrast the political and economic role of the United States with other countries, related to specific global issues.
    4. Describe the nature and extent of multiple forms of global inequality.
    5. Identify evidence-based solutions to specific global issues.
    6. Analyze their personal responsibilities as a global citizen.
  5. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies
      Goal 05 — Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
      • Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
      • Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
      • Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
      Goal 08 — Global Perspective
      • Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.
      • Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.
      • Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.
  6. Learner Outcomes Assessment
      As noted on course syllabus
  7. Special Information
      None noted