2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 160 - Global Cultures and Identities

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Explores the impact of local, national and international forces in the formation of cultural identities at a time of rapid social changes. Focuses on contemporary cultures to examine local and national identities as they are globally determined. Emphasizes the elastic and the plastic nature of cultures and the importance of time, place and space to understand the emergence of new culturally diverse settings. Examines the nature of social and cultural change in local, national and global economic and political spaces.

Cross Listed: COMM 160, ID 161 

Instructor: Ms. Bhachu

When Offered: Offered every year

Faculty: Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology