SOC 207: Poverty in America
Matthew Desmond and Kathryn Edin.
Spring 2018,
Mondays & Wednesdays,
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
This course explores central aspects of poverty, such as low-wage work and joblessness, housing and neighborhoods, crime and punishment. We will examine the causes and consequences of poverty, study the experiences of severe deprivation and material hardship, and what did and didn’t work with anti-poverty programs.
SOC 313: Inequality: Dimensions and Intersections
Shani Evans.
Spring 2018,
Tuesdays,
1:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Taking a sociological approach, this course treats race, class, and gender as social constructs that permeate social life, are entrenched in social structures and institutions, and change over time and place. Course readings will examine how these coexisting social hierarchies shape identities, structure life chances, and establish relationships of marginality and privilege.
SOC 345: Money, Work, and Social Life
Frederick Wherry
Spring 2018,
Mondays & Wednesdays,
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
From employment discrimination to the way we live our lives in the marketplace, the course reveals how gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity matter in markets as well as the effect of social relationships and culture on economic action.