Course Catalog - 2008-2009

     

SOCI 470 - INEQUALITY AND URBAN LIFE

Long Title: URBAN LIFE AND SYSTEMS
Department: Sociology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Research
Credit Hours: 3
Description: We study Urban Development and the lives of urbanites. We pay particular attention to the way in which cities generate inequality, wealth, and poverty, and how these are experienced by urbanites. we do so not only through readings and discussion, but by weekly time spent in assigned neighborhoods. We explore issues of justice and human capabilities.