SOC 405 - Third-World Societies

(3 units) CO11

Analysis of the social structure of Third-World societies in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East in comparative historical perspective.

Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. articulate and evaluate connections among national, regional and global development contexts of selected countries in the Third World.
2. demonstrate how globalization impacts the development or underdevelopment of selected Third World Countries or entire regions (e.g. Africa, Asia or Latin America).
3. identify, analyze and interpret connections of dominant development theories to strategies and policies of development in Third World Countries.
4. identify and apply relevant theories and strategies of development to selected case studies in Third World Countries.

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