SOCI 389 - Poverty and Inequality

Unit(s): 4

This service-learning course engages students in critical analysis of perceptions and policies about poverty in the United States while providing essential services to the local community. It will focus on the meanings, measures, and demographics of poverty; causes of short- and long-term poverty; the intersections of race, gender, immigration status, and family structure with social stratification, educational attainment, equal opportunity, and culture; work and economic disparities; and how federal, state and community-based policies impact poverty levels in the United States. Meets Sociological Experience requirement for the major.

Prerequisite(s): Sociology major/minor
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded