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SOCI 3381. GIG WORKERS. 3 Hours.

This course examines the way employers increasingly rely on temporary flexible labor, and what it feels like to be employed precariously. Themes may include creative labor, cultural production, automation, algorithmic hiring, labor contracts, and exploitation.

Sociology - Undergraduate Programs

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The principal common educational objective in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is to develop a systematic understanding of social behavior, human culture, and social institutions. Knowledge of human social and cultural relationships is vital to a meaningful perspective on and understanding of the society in which we live. Contemporary societies are characterized by diversity, rapid change, complex organization, and extensive specialization. Programs of study in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology pursue the challenge of: