Explain different intergroup relations in terms of their relative levels of tolerance
Give historical and/or contemporary examples of each type of intergroup relation

Compare and contrast the different experiences of various ethnic groups in the United States
Apply theories of intergroup relations, race, and ethnicity to different subordinate groups

Understand the difference between race and ethnicity
Define a majority group (dominant group)
Define a minority group (subordinate group)

Explain the difference between stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and racism
Identify different types of discrimination
View racial tension through a sociological lens

Describe how major sociological perspectives view race and ethnicity
Identify examples of culture of prejudice

Give examples of religion as an agent of social change
Describe current U.S. trends including megachurches and secularization

Discuss the historical view of religion from a sociological perspective
Understand how the major sociological paradigms view religion

Explain the differences between various types of religious organizations
Understand classifications of religion, like animism, polytheism, monotheism, and atheism
Describe several major world religions

Describe different forms of collective behavior
Differentiate between types of crowds
Discuss emergent norm, value-added, and assembling perspective analyses of collective behavior

Explain how technology, social institutions, population, and the environment can bring about social change
Discuss the importance of modernization in relation to social change

Demonstrate awareness of social movements on a state, national, and global level
Distinguish between different types of social movements
Identify stages of social movements
Discuss theoretical perspectives on social movements, like resource mobilization, framing, and new social movement theory

Define global stratification
Describe different sociological models for understanding global stratification
Understand how studies of global stratification identify worldwide inequalities