FYS326
Choices and Constraints
Sociology
BC
Subject code
FYS
Course Number
326
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
H. Taylor
Course Long Title
Choices and Constraints
Description
Are humans free to chart the course of their own lives, or are their fates predestined by their social locations? This seminar explores the tension between personal agency and social forces that structure human lives. The history of the intellectual debate over the roles of agency and structure frame classroom discussion of ways in which personal experiences are shaped by both social structures and systems of inequality based on race/ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Acknowledging the role of individuals as agents of social change, students grapple with their responsibilities in perpetuating and transforming social institutions such as family, religion, health care, and the workplace.
Writing Credit
W1
Class Restriction
Exclude Sophomores, Exclude Juniors, Exclude Seniors