Social Movements

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from SOCI 3001, 3011, 3301, 3311; or permission of the Department This course examines movements that seek change in the social and political structure of society. It surveys the major principles and perspectives used by sociologists to explain social movements and revolutions. It examines the origins, strategies, recruitment, consequences, decline, and renewal of various social movements and revolutions. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)