Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Department: Asian Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): HUMA 280 OR SOCI 280 OR HUMA 371 OR SOCI 371

Description: This course explores poverty and gender in local and global communities. Readings consider human deprivations and well-being in the context of social norms, gender relations, and governmental structures. Also examined are policies meant to improve human capabilities, including both the overall effects of such policies and their differential consequences for children, women, and men. Cross-list: SOCI 372, SWGS 322.