Description
Confronting Homelessness: Local to Global
Who are homeless people in the United States and beyond? Why are they homeless? What is being done to address the issues of homelessness? This course addresses these questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. As an "engaged learning" course, students will also learn by assisting at various agencies.

Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or PSYC 100 or PLS 102 or ANTH 100.

The student will be able to discuss framings of the causes of homelessness and evaluate different policy approaches for addressing it while contributing work to a local agency.
Details
Grading Basis
Graded
Units
3
Component
Lecture - Required
Course Attributes
Urban Studies
Offering
Course
SOCL 258
Academic Group
College of Arts and Sciences
Academic Organization
Sociology
Enrollment Requirements
Prerequisites: SOCL101 or ANTH100 or PLSC102 or PSYC 102