AAS 306 : Structure Of Urban Policy
Credits: 3
Semester:
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
An introduction to poverty as a major social issue facing urban African-American communities. Uses an analysis of institutional discrimination to develop a comprehensive analysis of Black urban poverty as shaped by race, class, and gender. Topics covered might include surveying of how Black poverty has been analyzed in scholarship and public policy, assessing specific public policies such as Urban Renewal, school desegregation and busing, public housing, and Section 8 housing programs, for their effects on Black poverty, and exploring the special needs of specific poverty populations such as Black children.
Class Schedule: Fall 2009
AAS 306 not offered in this semester, or the department has chosen not to publish it in the on-line class schedule.
Class Schedule: Spring 2010
AAS 306 not offered in this semester, or the department has chosen not to publish it in the on-line class schedule.
Last Updated: Nov 24, 2009 9:48:00 AM
