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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

SOC 655 - Social Movements and Social Change


Credits 3

Sociological understanding of social movements and social change. Focuses on movements in the United States and around the world struggling over issues such as ethnicity, race, religion, and civil rights. Introduces theories and concepts about social movements emphasizing historical and cultural context, movement formation, organization, participants, ideology, and effects. Crosslisted with SOC 455. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.



Prerequisites
Graduate standing.