Jul 08, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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T3 4400 - Seminar in Wealth and Poverty
The aim of the course is to provide students with an appreciation of the ways in which the intersectionality of class, race, ethnicity and gender shape inequality of economic and social opportunities. The course draws on readings from Geography, Sociology, Economics, Literature, Women and Gender Studies and other disciplines. It begins with an investigation of systems of power and inequality with specific attention to race and racism and gender and sexism and their intersectionality with other forms of difference. The structure of social institutions and their influence in everyday life that produces wealth and inequality is also examined. The relationship between population and environment is examined through a gendered and economic lens. The economic and social-political dimensions of global inequality is highlighted through case studies. The course wraps up with an analysis of a recent biography and novel that will be carefully selected to allow students to synthesize information covered in the course. The course integrates class meetings with related activities on campus, and wraps up with a wealth and poverty research expo open to OU faculty and students.
Requisites: (AAS 1060 or GEOG 1310 or HIST 1330 or POLS 2300 or SOC 2300 or SW 1000) and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to critically state, describe, and consider the historical legacies of racism in the United States and the lasting economic, social, and political inequalities cultivated by racism.
- Students will be able to use information from the course to develop a comprehensive analysis or synthesis regarding intersectional inequalities, especially as they relate to race.
- Students will be able to systematically and methodically analyze assumptions and carefully evaluate the relevance of contexts when presenting a position regarding the relevance and impact of racism in the United States.
- Students will be able to state a specific perspective regarding race, racism, and reparations that is thoughtful, recognize complexities, and acknowledge limitations.
- Students will be able to state consequences and implications regarding racism and race-based reparations logically and in a priority order.
- Students will be able to connect relevant personal experiences and academic knowledge regarding race, racism, and reparations.
- Students will be able to see and make connections across disciplines and perspectives related to the study of race and racial inequality.
- Students will be able to adapt and apply their knowledge about the historical processes of racism to an understanding of contemporary movements regarding race and racial inequality.
- Students will be able to articulate their position on racism and race-based reparations in oral communication and written reports.
- Students will be able to demonstrate a developing sense of self as a learner and build on prior experience to respond to new and challenging contexts related to race and racism.
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