WEALTH, POVERTY AND EDUCATION
Analyzes how education policy and practice intersect with wealth, poverty, and inequality across local and global contexts. Investigates how education systems reflect, reproduce, and/or transform structural inequities - such as race, class, gender, and colonial legacies - through historical, theoretical, and contemporary lenses. Engages with policy debates, development interventions, and alternative frameworks for equity using case studies, critical readings, and multimedia. Highlights the roles of governments, NGOs, corporations, and grassroots movements in shaping educational outcomes. Not open to students with credit for ED POL 237 prior to Fall 2026.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze how historical, political, and economic structures shape patterns of educational access, equity, and outcomes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Evaluate educational policies and reform initiatives using multiple theoretical frameworks. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Investigate the roles of local and global actors in reproducing or addressing educational, social, and economic inequality. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate connections between education policy and broader social, economic and political structures. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Design evidence-based and equity-oriented policy recommendations for addressing poverty and inequality through education. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Communicate ideas effectively through oral presentations, written assignments, and group collaboration. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze how historical, political, and economic structures shape patterns of educational access, equity, and outcomes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Evaluate educational policies and reform initiatives using multiple theoretical frameworks. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Investigate the roles of local and global actors in reproducing or addressing educational, social, and economic inequality. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate connections between education policy and broader social, economic and political structures. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Design evidence-based and equity-oriented policy recommendations for addressing poverty and inequality through education. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Communicate ideas effectively through oral presentations, written assignments, and group collaboration. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027