SOC 460 - Poverty and Public Policy

(3 units)

Prerequisite: GE Foundation, one explorations course, SOC 100 or SOC 142 and upper division standing.

Prerequisite: Student must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone (subject to approval by the General Education Governing Committee). (Note: The preceding prerequisite statement related to GWAR is temporarily suspended effective Summer 2025.)
Examines poverty in the United States and the role of social policies in creating, perpetuating, and alleviating it.

Letter grade only (A-F).