SOC328

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Consumption and Consumer Culture

Sociology College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

SOC

Course Number

328

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMMA: Major-Marketing Elective, ENEJ: Minor-Environ Justice Elective, ENMA: Minor-Marketing Elective, ENSO: Minor-Sociology Elective, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff

Course Short Title

Consumption

Course Long Title

Consumption and Consumer Culture

Course Description

Offers an introduction to the study of consumption and consumer culture. Topics include the historical context and theoretical tensions in the study of consumption, the production, value, and meaning of the objects we consume, the subjectivity of consumers, the places where goods and services are consumed, ethical concerns regarding consumption including consumer activism, credit and debt, alternative forms of consumption, and the globalization of mass consumer culture.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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