Classes

Sociology 98M: Social Class

Semester: Spring

Offered: 2025

Class, one of the most basic analytical concepts in sociology, structures our social world in fundamental ways. Nevertheless, the extent to which social class is salient to people, and the specific content of class-based...

Sociology 1136: Work and Culture

Semester: Fall

Offered: 2024

This course looks at work and culture from both the bottom-up and the top-down.  What does work mean from the perspective of workers versus employers—and when do these perspectives align or diverge?  Under what circumstances are...

Sociology E-121: Work, Power, and Flexible Capitalism

Semester: Spring

Offered: 2022

This course explores the experience of work in the contemporary political economy with an eye toward both its liberating and oppressive potential. How do different forms of work affect our life circumstances, personalities...

Sociology 1137: Political Sociology

Semester: Spring

Offered: 2021

This course is about political power: who has it, how it is used, and how it can change over time.  The course begins by outlining key concepts and theories along with an examination of political power in the neoliberal state...

Social Studies 98le: Social Movements and Social Change

Semester: Fall

Offered: 2009

Under what circumstances do people pursue social change collectively instead of facing their problems in isolation?  How do social movements arise?  And what are their consequences?  Throughout this course we will be attentive...