Social Startification
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION and INEQUALITY
"The division of society into distinct social classes is one of the most striking manifestations of the modern world . . . it has often been the source of other kinds of inequality, and . . . the economic dominance of a particular class has very often been the basis for its political rule." T. B. Bottomore, 1966
Staff
Professor Assistants
John Pease Denae Johnson and Yangzi Zhao
Of Course
Social Stratification and Inequality Sociology 441 (section BL01) Online and Face-to-Face 9:30-10:45 Thursdays Spring 2013 Room 2309 Art-Sociology Building University of Maryland, College Park
Help Me
This is my first time teaching a blended course and I am interested in learning what you think I should do to improve this course, to become a better teacher, and to help you become a better student. Whenever you have a question, complaint, concern, problem or whatnot about this course, please let me know.
Course Objectives
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To help you clarify and expand your questions about social stratification, social inequality, and social class; to help you develop your own theory of class stratification; to help you apply some of the concepts and knowledge of social stratification, social inequality, and social class to your own life experiences; to help you better understand changes in social stratification, social inequality, and social class; to encourage you to consider ways in which class inequality might be reduced; and to encourage you to read critically, to think analytically, and to write clearly.
pease@umd.edu
I'd Rather Be Studying_______________
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Primary Course Questions
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How do the concepts, knowledge, and theories of social inequality and social class illuminate your own experience? What is social equality? What is social class? How do you describe and explain the social class structure? What is the source and distribution of class, power, property, prestige, mobility, and
"The division of society into distinct social classes is one of the most striking manifestations of the modern world . . . it has often been the source of other kinds of inequality, and . . . the economic dominance of a particular class has very often been the basis for its political rule." T. B. Bottomore, 1966
Staff
Professor Assistants
John Pease Denae Johnson and Yangzi Zhao
Of Course
Social Stratification and Inequality Sociology 441 (section BL01) Online and Face-to-Face 9:30-10:45 Thursdays Spring 2013 Room 2309 Art-Sociology Building University of Maryland, College Park
Help Me
This is my first time teaching a blended course and I am interested in learning what you think I should do to improve this course, to become a better teacher, and to help you become a better student. Whenever you have a question, complaint, concern, problem or whatnot about this course, please let me know.
Course Objectives
1 2 3 4 5 6
To help you clarify and expand your questions about social stratification, social inequality, and social class; to help you develop your own theory of class stratification; to help you apply some of the concepts and knowledge of social stratification, social inequality, and social class to your own life experiences; to help you better understand changes in social stratification, social inequality, and social class; to encourage you to consider ways in which class inequality might be reduced; and to encourage you to read critically, to think analytically, and to write clearly.
pease@umd.edu
I'd Rather Be Studying_______________
2
Primary Course Questions
1 2
3 4
How do the concepts, knowledge, and theories of social inequality and social class illuminate your own experience? What is social equality? What is social class? How do you describe and explain the social class structure? What is the source and distribution of class, power, property, prestige, mobility, and