POVERTY AND PLACE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SOC/C&E SOC 140 , 210 , 211 , or SOC 181 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze measures of poverty, inequality, and population health and draw conclusions from them Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the places and communities in the United States in which poverty is deepest and most persistent and understand the historical processes that have reproduced such disadvantage Audience: Undergraduate 3. Place an understanding of local social conditions and change in the global context of rural and urban life, including political, ecological, economic, geographic, historical, and cultural dimensions Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how social conditions of poverty affect people’s lives in distinct social contexts Audience: Undergraduate 5. Contrast and evaluate theoretical approaches to explaining poverty Audience: Undergraduate 6. Discuss racial and ethnic disparities in social conditions linked to poverty Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare the US to peer nations in terms of poverty levels, rates of attendant social problems, and kinds of policies affecting the poor Audience: Undergraduate 8. Engage in ethical reasoning about how poverty and the policies that impact it relate to shared values Audience: Undergraduate 9. Interpret and critique texts that describe and analyze poverty Audience: Undergraduate 10. Identify a case of poverty in a geographic context and apply social scientific literature to support of analysis that contributes to the literature Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze measures of poverty, inequality, and population health and draw conclusions from them Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the places and communities in the United States in which poverty is deepest and most persistent and understand the historical processes that have reproduced such disadvantage Audience: Undergraduate 3. Place an understanding of local social conditions and change in the global context of rural and urban life, including political, ecological, economic, geographic, historical, and cultural dimensions Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how social conditions of poverty affect people’s lives in distinct social contexts Audience: Undergraduate 5. Contrast and evaluate theoretical approaches to explaining poverty Audience: Undergraduate 6. Discuss racial and ethnic disparities in social conditions linked to poverty Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare the US to peer nations in terms of poverty levels, rates of attendant social problems, and kinds of policies affecting the poor Audience: Undergraduate 8. Engage in ethical reasoning about how poverty and the policies that impact it relate to shared values Audience: Undergraduate 9. Interpret and critique texts that describe and analyze poverty Audience: Undergraduate 10. Identify a case of poverty in a geographic context and apply social scientific literature to support of analysis that contributes to the literature Audience: Undergraduate