Courses in FIG:
UGST 109 FIG Seminar
TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 1 Credit
Tomato, Tomäto explores what we believe about social and linguistic aspects of personal identity. In Introduction to Sociology and in Language and Power, you will see how we develop societal beliefs and how those beliefs about society play out in our beliefs about “good/correct” language versus “bad/incorrect” language (wrong grammar, bad pronunciation, bad words). We will explore the factual basis of many of these beliefs in in an honest and sensitive community that asks hard questions, both of our society and of us as individuals.
SOC 204: Introduction to Sociology
Social Science (>2) | US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency (>4) | TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 4 Credits
Introduces the central concepts, theories, and methods that define the sociological approach to investigating the social forces that shape our lives. Topics may include social structure, culture, socialization, race, class, gender, sexuality, and inequality.
LING 201: Language and Power
Social Science (>2) | US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency (>4) | TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 4 Credits
Explores the nature of language, dialects, accents, and multilingualism, and relates these to issues of political, educational, and other forms of social power in the United States.