SOC 4200 - Social Stratification and Inequality

3(3 + 0)

Prerequisite: SOC 1010 and 6 hours of upper division sociology or Permission of instructor

This course examines theories of the distribution of scarce resources within human societies and the consequences of social inequality. Topics include: characteristics and consequences of stratification systems; bases of stratification systems in society; measurement of social position; age, gender and ethnic variations in the social mobility process; and social class in the United States.