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Fall 2017
Apr 29, 2024
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SOC 40300 - Sociology Of Developing Countries In Era Of Globalization
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to acquaint students with the conditions in and faced by people in developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. This will be done with an overview of development and how that has affected these countries, and how that is changing in the shift from development to globalization. This course will also examine these countries' interactions with the United States. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture

Offered By: Regional Campus Only

Course Attributes:
Upper Division

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      Northwest- Westville
      Northwest- Hammond

Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to think and write critically about issues concerning developing countries in the world. 2. Acquire a better understanding of the meaning and consequences of social change currently taking place, both in the US, and around the world. 3. Learn the meanings of major concepts in sociology, and will get to consider the ramifications of our understanding of social phenomena by using the different models that have been developed to describe social reality. 4. Learn of social development within a global context that has developed historically. 5. Examine their values, attitudes and relations to other people, whether in small groups, different ethnic, racial and/or gender grouping, or nations.


Prerequisites:
Undergraduate level SOC 10000 Minimum Grade of D-

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