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Sociology of Culture

Course #: SOCIOL 305, Class #: 10260, Section #: 01

Description

This course will focus on developing sensitivities to culture, its importance in sociological understanding and analysis and its relevance for the complexities and challenges that individuals and societies face . This course treats culture - whether defined as practices, signs, symbols, discourses, languages, forms of knowledge or systems of meaning - at multiple levels of analysis. Students will gain an appreciation of the influence of culture in shaping world-views, life-worlds and identity, the significance of culture in everyday life as well as the importance of culture of more "macro" levels.

Prerequisites

SOCIOL 101.

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