Poverty and Economic Security

Calendar

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