A full range of populations are surveyed with a view to understanding and explaining the similarities and differences in treatment and adaptations developed by dominant and subordinate populations. The existence of African Americans, White ethnic Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans are reviewed. This course will use race-ethnicity, gender, and class as conceptual framework to study minorities both in America and other parts of the world.

Course Syllabus

Why take online course?
Sociology 206 is taught totally online. This course will use the power of the Internet to deliver online learning that is independent of time and location. Rather than meeting in a classroom, you and your instructor interact online in a forum using WebCT. Sociology 206 is designed to benefit you in a number of ways. This course will allow you to extend the boundaries of traditional classroom. You can access the class either from your home or elsewhere. In this way, this course will accommodate your schedule. In an online environment, you will interact with the instructor and the classmates via email; you can ask questions and receive feedback on bulletin board and chat room; and you can submit your assignments and take the tests online. Independent studies and class discussions will help you foster critical thinking and problems solving. Finally, class materials from instructor's lecture notes and the Web will be used to create a powerful learning environment that delivers quality distance learning and supplements tutorial services. This online course is Web-based, students-oriented, and technology-focused. It will provide you with the same quality of instruction and service as the traditional mode of delivery.

How do I log on to the course?
You simply follow 3 steps for access to your online course.
1) Type your course Website: http://webct.ucc.edu
2) Type your Username and Password (see below)