Communicating Difference [CourseID: 991]

This course provides an overview of how identify and social difference in the United States are constructed with respect to: gender, race, social class, sexuality, nationality, ability, and age. Dominant ways of thinking, also known as ideologies, shape our everyday thoughts, behaviors, environments, and lived realities. These ideologies shape who we are, how we thin about others, how others think about us, as well as our social and physical environments. By the completion of the course students will demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of key concepts relevant to social identity in the United States, be able to engage in personal reflection and political analysis of privilege, power, and marginality, as well as use appropriate language to articulate complex issues surrounding social differences.