PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL CLASS

Undergraduate

This course explores the role that social stratification plays in human thought, behaviour and experience. It studies the history of social stratification and the relatively recent emergence of a class based society. It examines some of the ways that psychologists and other social scientists have integrated social class into their work. A rigorous interrogation of everyday experiences of economic injustice is central to this course. Topics may include the way that social class intersects with a range of identity categories, classism, poverty, inequality, commodity fetishism, and consumer society. Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4130. PREREQUISITES: PSY 1010, 1020; AND, for Psychology Majors, EITHER all three of PSY 2700, 2730, 2750 OR PSY 2780 and 2790; AND, for non-majors, PSY 2510; or Permission of Instructor. If taking DSJS 4130, the prerequisites are at least 3rd year standing and at least 2 DSJS courses. Three hours a week