SOC 3250

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SOC 3250
Neighborhoods, Housing, and Urban Policy

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

This course considers the dynamics of housing markets and neighborhoods in American metropolitan areas and the public policies designed to regulate them.  In the first part of the course, we examine the social and economic forces at work in metropolitan neighborhoods, focusing on trends in spatial inequality, segregation, and neighborhood effects. In the second part of the course, we examine the historical evolution of federal and local policies related to subsidized housing, homeownership, and land regulation and analyze empirical debates surrounding the effectiveness of such policies.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS)

Outcomes
  • Students will be able to describe the origins, evolution, and contemporary challenges of low-income housing policy in the US.
  • Students will be able to identify and analyze descriptive data related to neighborhoods and housing.
  • Students will be able to apply course concepts to the study of neighborhoods and housing in their local surroundings.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 3250, PAM 5250

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16793 SOC 3250   LEC 001

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  • Students will be pulled from the wait list in the following order: 1. PAM/SOC majors, 2. Seniors in other majors, 3. All other students.