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Minority Groups In American Society

SOCIOLOGY

School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
credits
3
Core
CCD, SCL, SOEHS
Typical seasons
Fall, Spring
Spring 2026 sections
3
Open snapshot
2 open in snapshot

Course guide

AI-generated overview

Course fingerprint 10 AI-generated signals

Difficulty

3/5
Why

The course connects historical experience, institutions, and social movements across multiple groups, but Rutgers presents it as an undergraduate sociology course.

Workload

3/5
Why

Historical and sociological comparison requires steady reading and synthesis; the catalog does not identify a lab or build project.

Pacing

4/5
Why

A single course must cover multiple racial, ethnic, age, and gendered experiences plus contemporary movements.

Projects

1/5
Why

The official description is a social survey and does not list a laboratory, field, or production requirement.

Exams

3/5
Why

Historical cases and sociological concepts are likely assessed, but Rutgers publishes no common grading structure.

Math

1/5
Why

The catalog centers historical experience and social movements rather than formal quantitative methods.

Memorization

4/5
Why

Students need to retain multiple histories, concepts, and movement examples while comparing groups without flattening differences.

Abstraction

3/5
Why

The course combines concrete historical experiences with abstract analysis of minority status, power, and inequality.

Prerequisites

1/5
Why

Rutgers lists the course among introductory sociology offerings and does not state an academic prerequisite in the cited entry.

Reading

4/5
Why

Historical experiences and movement analysis are typically reading-driven, although exact selections vary by section.

Topic breakdown

A practical chapter-by-chapter view from foundations to applications.

4 modules

Module 1

Groups, categories, and society

The course introduces minority status as a social and historical relationship rather than a simple numerical category.

minority groupsmajoritysocial structureidentity

Basic concept overview

Minority status is relational

Power, institutions, and social definitions matter more than numerical size alone.

History remains present

Past exclusion and inclusion shape current opportunities, identities, and institutions.

Difference is not destiny

Group outcomes reflect social structures and policies, not inherent group traits.

Movements create power

Collective action can change representation, rights, institutions, and public narratives.

Things to watch for

Treating all minority groups as interchangeable

Compare mechanisms while preserving distinct histories and political contexts.

Explaining inequality as cultural deficiency

Examine institutions, policy, exclusion, resources, and power.

Studying movements only as events

Analyze organization, goals, opposition, and institutional consequences.

Spring 2026 sections

2 open · College Avenue, Livingston, Online

SectionStatusInstructorMeetingCampus
0113945OpenWILHELMSTuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at VD 211; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at VD 211VD 211College Avenue
0213946OpenVARGHESETuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at TIL 257; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at TIL 257TIL 257Livingston
9113947ClosedLEE, CATHERINEONLINE INSTRUCTION(INTERNET)Online
cachedSource: Checked-in Rutgers Schedule of Classes snapshotsUpdated when term datasets are refreshedMay be stale

SIRS teaching signals

Historical student surveys

Teaching

4.26

Course quality

4.17

Response rate

44.5%

Coverage

29 offerings · 2014–2025

InstructorOfferingsTeachingQuality
Lee, Catherine94.334.22
O'Hara, John74.394.31
Lee Catherine54.284.24
Varghese, Leslie44.304.20
Eda, Haruki24.103.80
Zainiddinov Hakim13.804.00

Course stats

Catalog and planning context

Credits

3

Current campuses

College Avenue, Livingston, Online

Current availability

2 open of 3

Catalog terms

Fall, Spring

Core codes

CCD, SCL, SOEHS

Loaded terms

3

Prerequisites

No prerequisite note appears in the checked-in Rutgers catalog snapshots.

Degree requirement lists

No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.

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