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Course Outlines
Course Outlines

Sociology of Diversity in American Society — SOCY 1310

  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
      • 7B – Race/Power/Justice
    This course examines diversity in the United States through a sociological lens. Students will learn how the meanings of social differences are constructed and shaped by our cultural ideologies, institutions, policies, and practices. The course focuses on differences that correlate to inequality and oppression, such as race, class, sex, gender, sexuality, ability, religion, and age. Students will have opportunities to reflect on their own attitudes and beliefs regarding these differences and develop skills necessary for interacting with others, both personally and professionally, in a non-oppressive way.
  2. Course Effective Dates: 8/25/25 – Present
  3. Outline of Major Content Areas
    1. Anti-Oppressive Interactions
    2. Oppressive Systems (Racism, Sexism, Classism, Heterosexism, Transphobia, Ableism, etc.)
    3. Personal Attitudes, Beliefs, and Biases
    4. Sociological Theories of Diversity and Inequality
  4. Learning Outcomes
    1. Use a sociological perspective to explain diversity in the U.S. context
    2. Identify cultural ideologies that uphold racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, ableism, and other forms of oppression
    3. Describe historical and current institutional policies and practices that shape and maintain current oppressive systems in the U.S.
    4. Explain the interrelationship of various forms of oppression
    5. Identify historical and current groups, movements, and individuals that challenged oppressive systems and created positive social change.
    6. Critically examine personal stereotypes, assumptions, and biases that contribute to oppression.
    7. Demonstrate interpersonal skills that challenge oppressive interactions and foster equity and inclusion.
  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 7B — Race/Power/Justice
      • Understand historical and contemporary systemic structures of racism that sustain social, political, economic, and/or environmental inequities, particularly for Black, Indigenous lands and people, and other communities of color.
      • Examine significant challenges of and contributions by people in the United States who have experienced racism and other forms of oppression such as sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia.
      • Identify communication and relational skills necessary for living and working effectively in a racially, culturally, ethnically, and linguistically stratified society with historic and ongoing practices and structures of exclusion.
  6. Learner Outcomes Assessment
      As noted on course syllabus
  7. Special Information
      None noted