ECON315

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Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender

Economics College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ECON

Course Number

315

Status

Active

Course Attributes

CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, EMAF: Major-Africana Elective, EMBU: Major-Business Elective, EMEC: Major-Economics Elective, EMME: Major-Media and Comms Elective, EMPU: Major-Public Health Elective, ENAF: Minor-Africana Elective, ENAM: Minor-American Stud Elective, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, MAFR: Major-Africana, MBUS: Major-Business, MECO: Major-Economics, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, MPUB: Major-Public Health, NAFR: Minor-Africana, NAME: Minor-American Studies, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive

Course Short Title

Pol. Econ. Race, Class, Gender

Course Long Title

Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender

Course Description

Studies race, class, and gender using the political economic approach to the study of economics. Investigates the impact of introducing the categories of race, class, and gender into political economic theory and undertakes some empirical analyses of the roles of race, class, and gender in producing economic outcomes for minorities and majorities in the U.S. Students have the opportunity to produce a research paper in multiple drafts and deliver an oral presentation of it, for which they receive feedback from the professor and fellow students.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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