SOCY-100 U.S. Society in a Global Perspective FA4 (3)

This course examines culture and cultural practices as dynamic features of everyday life. Specifically, the course takes a closer look at how local cultures affect, and are affected by, processes of global social and economic change; how cultural experiences and identities are remade as they transcend locales and national borders; and how Western (U.S.) cultural ideas and ideals shape and influence cultural practices in other parts of the world. Through interactive lectures, guided discussions, individual and group activities, and written and oral assignments, students not only learn more about some of the most pressing social issues of our time, but importantly, develop the tools to evaluate how culture operates through them in our increasingly globalized world. AU Core Habits of Mind: Cultural Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall and spring.