FYS 1116 - Born to Buy America’s Consumer Society

Credits: 4
This course relies on sociological theoretical perspectives like McDonaldization and conflict theory to understand our culture’s preoccupation with consumerism and how our contemporary consumer culture is seeping into other cultures at rapid speed. It examines how major social institutions help shape our desire to consume. It also explores how consumptive behaviors are moderated by social class, race, gender, and sexuality.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding