Race, Class, and Gender: Social Inequalities

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

Course SLOs

• Identify and apply sociological perspectives and theories on inequalities centering aspects of race, class, and gender.
• Engage in critical applications about how inequality manifests in the lives of individuals.
• Gain a better understanding of your own social location as a member of a complex social system.

MAC SLOs

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

All SLOs are engaged through the foundational concepts activity and reflection, course concept quizzes, and comprehensive concept application.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Syllabus Quiz	10 points (2%)
Foundational Concepts Activity and Reflection	40 points (8%)
Quiz 1	100 points (20%)
Quiz 2	100 points (20%)
Quiz 3	100 points (20%)
Comprehensive Concept Application	150 points (30%)

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
467-500 points	A
450-466 points	A-
436-449 points	B+
419-435 points	B
400-418 points	B-
386-399 points	C+
370-385 points	C
350-369 points	C-
336-349 points	D+
318-335 points	D
300-317 points	D-
299 points or below	F

Attendance/Participation:

Not applicable since this is an asynchronous course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Race, Class, and Gender: Intersections and Inequalities (2024, 11th edition), Margaret Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins ISBN: 9780357894392