SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the relationship between education and social inequality in the U.S. along various dimensions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply critical thinking skills to your understanding of educational institutions and individual educational experiences Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Effectively communicate what you learned about the sociology of education both orally and in writing Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Read and evaluate sociological research on education and schooling Audience: Undergraduate 5. Read and evaluate sociological research on education and schooling and relate to own methodological and theoretical backgrounds Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the relationship between education and social inequality in the U.S. along various dimensions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply critical thinking skills to your understanding of educational institutions and individual educational experiences Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Effectively communicate what you learned about the sociology of education both orally and in writing Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Read and evaluate sociological research on education and schooling Audience: Undergraduate 5. Read and evaluate sociological research on education and schooling and relate to own methodological and theoretical backgrounds Audience: Graduate