MODERN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SOC/C&E SOC 140 , 210 , 211 , SOC 181 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically analyze arguments and evidence in scholarly and public-facing materials concerning residential segregation and integration, housing access and choices, and the role of police and prisons within communities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Formulate an empirical question concerning at least one of the three identified course themes and answer it drawing on course reading materials and data sources Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate ideas and arguments about course themes rooted in theory and evidence through written and audio-visual mediums Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize current research in an issue related to community or urban sociology and identify areas for novel research Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically analyze arguments and evidence in scholarly and public-facing materials concerning residential segregation and integration, housing access and choices, and the role of police and prisons within communities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Formulate an empirical question concerning at least one of the three identified course themes and answer it drawing on course reading materials and data sources Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate ideas and arguments about course themes rooted in theory and evidence through written and audio-visual mediums Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize current research in an issue related to community or urban sociology and identify areas for novel research Audience: Graduate