Sociology of Nightlife
Course #: SOCIOL 312, Class #: 4984, Section #: 01
Description
This course examines nightlife as a critical site for understanding contemporary social life. Far from mere entertainment, nightlife spaces serve as laboratories for social experimentation, venues for identity work, and stages for the performance of power, status, and belonging. Drawing from classic and contemporary research in sociology and applied fields such as urban planning and public health, we will examine how diverse nightlife settings¿from local underground scenes to global party destinations¿are organized, regulated, and contested. Throughout the course, we will pay close attention to how these after-dark social worlds reflect, reproduce, and challenge broader societal inequalities.
Prerequisites
SOCIOL 101
Course Details
Date / Time
1/25/27 - 5/12/27
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0029
Credits
3
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Dates
1/25/2027 - 5/12/2027
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0029
Enrolled / Capacity
0 / 35
Status
Open
Instructor
To be Announced