Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

POLI 438 - RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY

Long Title:
Department: Political Science
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY ***** Study of minority group politics and how race structures contemporary U.S. politics. Includes myths and realities of minority groups, symbolic politics and race, pluralism as a model of U.S. democracy, the intersection of class, race, and gender, civil rights movements, group consciousness, public opinion regarding minorities, and responses of national institutions to race issues. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.