Compare and contrast the different experiences of various ethnic groups in the United StatesApply theories of intergroup relations, race, and ethnicity to different subordinate groups

Understand the difference between race and ethnicityDefine a majority group (dominant group)Define a minority group (subordinate group)

Explain the difference between stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and racismIdentify different types of discriminationView racial tension through a sociological lens

Describe how major sociological perspectives view race and ethnicityIdentify examples of culture of prejudice

Give examples of religion as an agent of social changeDescribe current U.S. trends including megachurches and secularization

Discuss the historical view of religion from a sociological perspectiveUnderstand how the major sociological paradigms view religion

Explain the differences between various types of religious organizationsUnderstand classifications of religion, like animism, polytheism, monotheism, and atheismDescribe several major world religions

Describe different forms of collective behaviorDifferentiate between types of crowdsDiscuss emergent norm, value-added, and assembling perspective analyses of collective behavior

Explain how technology, social institutions, population, and the environment can bring about social changeDiscuss the importance of modernization in relation to social change

Demonstrate awareness of social movements on a state, national, and global levelDistinguish between different types of social movementsIdentify stages of social movementsDiscuss theoretical perspectives on social movements, like resource mobilization, framing, and new social movement theory

Define global stratificationDescribe different sociological models for understanding global stratificationUnderstand how studies of global stratification identify worldwide inequalities

Understand the U.S. class structureDescribe several types of social mobilityRecognize characteristics that define and identify class

Differentiate between open and closed stratification systemsDistinguish between caste and class systemsUnderstand meritocracy as an ideal system of stratification

Learn the roles of families and peer groups in socializationUnderstand how we are socialized through formal institutions like schools, workplaces, and the government

Explain how socialization occurs and recurs throughout lifeUnderstand how people are socialized into new roles at age-related transition pointsDescribe when and how resocialization occurs