Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change

Overview

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Discover how individuals working together can create large-scale social movements and drive significant societal change. This course examines the power of collective behavior, exploring how social movements form, function, and ultimately reshape our world. By the end of this course, you will be able to analyze how collective action achieves common goals, understanding that all large-scale change is ultimately the result of individuals working together.

Syllabus

Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change

In this course, we examine the impact of collective behavior. First, we start by considering how social movements form and function. Then, we focus on how social change occurs through collective behavior. By the end of the course, you will understand that all large-scale change, like environmental change, is ultimately the result of individuals working together towards a common goal.