This course examines communities sociologically, both as a concept and as they exist in society. The course covers urban, racial/ethnic, religious, territorial, utopian, ideological, and web-based communities, and their strengths and limitations in a rapidly changing global world.
Outcomes: Students will identify, describe, and analyze communities using sociological concepts and be able to assess the mechanisms by which old and new communities are being formed as well as their consequences for social life.
Outcomes: Students will identify, describe, and analyze communities using sociological concepts and be able to assess the mechanisms by which old and new communities are being formed as well as their consequences for social life.