Many undergraduate and graduate courses at the UW touch on aspects of poverty and inequality. The following are among the most frequently offered, although students should check for current information as this changes at times:
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
GEOG 342 Geography of Inequality
Geographies of social, political, and economic inequality. Focus is usually on North American cities. Examines the theoretical underpinning of inequality. Explores topics such as the spatial distribution of wealth and poverty, the geographies of exclusion, and discrimination in paid employment and housing.
SOC 360A Introduction to Social Stratification
Social class and social inequality in American society. Status, power, authority, and unequal opportunity are examined in depth, using material from other societies to provide a comparative and historical perspective. Sociological origins of recurrent conflicts involving race, sex, poverty, and political ideology.
SW 320 Social Welfare Policy (BASW majors only)
Emphasizes policy and program development in social welfare with emphasis on the context, making, and unmaking of social policy. Covers policy formulation as well as current and emerging policies in social welfare.
GRADUATE COURSES
SW 556A Seminar Series on Poverty and Policy
The seminar series brings prominent national and local faculty to the UW campus to present their cutting-edge research on poverty and public policy. Approximately five seminars are offered each quarter and are open to UW faculty, UW graduate students from all disciplines, and members of the public who are interested in research on issues of poverty and inequality and related public policies. One session each quarter is a student-oriented session for students who enroll for credit.
PBAF 606B Public Service Clinic: Eliminating Poverty
Degree Projects on poverty-related issues with clients (Evans School masters students only)
PBAF 576 Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policy in the U.S.
Examines the nature and extent of poverty in the U.S., its causes and consequences, and the antipoverty effects of public policies.
SW 501 Poverty and Inequality
A critical analysis of poverty and inequality in the US, with an analytic and descriptive focus on measurement, processes of production and perpetuation, and public policy responses.