SOC 325 - Analysis of Social Change

Prerequisite: ENGL C1001 or ENGL C1001H, SOC 101 or SOC 101H or SOC 102

This upper division general education course is designed for students pursuing a California Community College baccalaureate degree at Río Hondo College and is open to all students who have completed the required prerequisites. Students develop a broad understanding of social change through the examination of various social mechanisms that lead to, promote, and eventually incorporate or quell the products and processes of social change. Special attention is paid to industrialization, globalization, social movements, the implementation and evolution of technology, and how social change is shaped by and produces unique social behavior.