SOC 390: Sociology Study Abroad

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students opportunities to gain insights about our global society. This course aims at cultivating students’ sociological imagination in a global context, in which they will gain an understanding of social and historical contexts to shape their perspectives and lived experiences. Being situated within a different social context, they will also have a unique opportunity to develop a comparative perspective to deepen their knowledge and understanding about not only the country they visit but also their own within the global context. We will explore and learn about various social features of a non-U.S. society such as culture, economy, technology, modern history, and politics using sociological perspectives. In doing so, students will have opportunities to explore social environments as a powerful force to construct the human experience as well as what it means to be part of the globalizing world and its effects through a sense of connectedness. Each course will have lecture hours as well as the field trip experiences to justify three credit hours earned.