SOC315 Cultural Diversity
Course Description
This course focuses on the issues, challenges, and opportunities presented by U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and cultural background are emphasized.
Topics and Objectives
Workplace Diversity
- Recognize the dimensions of diversity.
- Differentiate the concept of inclusion from the concept of diversity.
- Describe diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Prejudice, Stereotypes, Discrimination, and Privilege
- Explain how the concept of culture is used to construct group identity.
- Analyze the social concept of race.
- Describe how behavioral and thinking patterns apply to diversity issues.
Immigration, Assimilation, Pluralism, and Multiculturalism
- Describe U.S. immigration policies within a historical framework.
- Summarize the benefits and consequences of immigrant labor for the U.S economy.
- Analyze strategies for inclusion in the workplace.
Legal Framework of Diversity
- Outline the U.S. legal framework related to diversity in the workplace.
- Explain the relationship between social mobility and social change.
- Analyze management strategies to ensure compliance in the multicultural workplace.
The Global Comparative Perspective
- Compare anti-immigration movements in different countries.
- Analyze the historical effect of discrimination on the global economy.
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