CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Bernice Kennedy/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 03/30/2004 06:41 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 01/07/2013
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Course Number: (prefix) SOC (number) 284324 ESC 2.0 Course number:

Name: Social Change: Paradoxes of Progress
Datatel Title: (30char) Social Change: Paradoxes

Area Coordinator: Dee Britton Department Code: 10SO Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? NO
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: 3. Social SciencesFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
First Term Offered: (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes:
AC Changes: RETIRED COURSE PER DEE BRITTON. 1/7/13 LWAIT
BK Number:

Description: The focus of this course is not the process of social change, but rather its effects in the U.S., both positive and negative. In post-World War II America, we are healthier, more affluent, more comfortable and more free than perhaps in any society in history. But we are not happier. In fact, there is considerable nostalgia for "The Good Old Days." Whenever they were.

Students will look at the increasing differences in life changes between the upper twenty percent in American society and the other four-fifths; while at the same time, noting that most Americans live better than their parents. They just don't feel as though they do. Students will explore some of the reasons why the goalposts keep getting moved.

Note: this course presumes a basic understanding of the dynamics of social change. Although Social Change: Individual and Society, is not a prerequisite, it is strongly recommended. Most important is the ability of students to do advanced college-level work.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.

Generic:



Major Course Area
Social Theory Social Structure and Change		Minor Course Area
Sociology		SLN Disciplines
Sociology
Additional Course Requirements
WWW Computer Conference		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


2


Meets General Education Requirement

Required Booknote:

Optional Booknote:


Archive Course: Yes
Archived for Development:

genedcode for dpplanner: 3^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Social Sciences