| WEEK | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction Overview: Poverty and Economic Security |
| 2 | Introduction (continued) |
| 3 | Data, Metrics, and Analysis: Poverty and Economic Security
We will look at the broad categories and the focus on the four groups, the truly poor, the working poor, and the struggling middle class. |
| 4 | The Demography of Poverty, Race, Class, and Income
Assignment 1 due |
| 5 | Geography of Poverty, Race, Class, and Income |
| 6 | Class, Poverty, and Economic Access and the Rise of the Middle Class |
| 7 | Evolution of Poverty and Economics of the Nation |
| 8 | Higher Education and the First Generation
Assignment 2 due |
| 9 | Immigration, Social Exclusion or Integration |
| 10 | Evolution of Poverty and Economic Status, and the Rise of Inequality
Assignment 3 due |
| 11 | Evolution of Poverty (continued from week 10) |
| 12 | Poverty in a Global Perspective |
| 13 | Final Projects Due |