Conversely, it will explore the degree to which our personal troubles foster institutional contradictions. Topics for study may include the workplace, the environment, inequality, sexism, racism, health care, criminal justice, education, alienation and social services. Fall and winter terms, freshman year. This course is designed to facilitate critical understanding of, and commitment to, processes of social change in modern society. Using historical and theoretical analysis of social change efforts, students are encouraged to embrace and develop models of change that take seriously the personal and social dimensions of human struggle.
Field work is required.
The appropriateness and application of various methods will be emphasized. Data collection, reduction, analysis and interpretation will be covered. Emphasis will also focus on interviewing, participant observation and ethnographic approaches to data collection, and the development of descriptions and interpretations of social settings. 4 An examination of the social, political, and economic circumstances of both urban and rural native societies worldwide. Emphasis will be on the United States.