SOC 12 - Popular Culture

    Recent Professors
    AKIHIKO HIROSE
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    44–46 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of SOC 12
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D0 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    The course explores the historical, theoretical, political, economic, and global factors that influence the construction and consumption of popular culture from a sociological perspective. The course investigates representations of intersectional social identities involving race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in popular culture through the critical analysis of film, television, music, print and digital media.