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ANSC 122Language in Society

4 units · ANSC · UC San Diego

This course explores languages’ multifaceted role in social life, with a particular focus on formations of race, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. How does language reproduce inequality? How can we use it to challenge power? Students will gain practical experience using ethnographic methods to generate insight into contemporary life.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

One of the options in (1)

  • Linguistics (Language and Society) (B.A.)