PSCI 215
Race and Inequality in the American City Spring 2025
Division II D Difference, Power, and Equity
Cross-listed HIST 271 / LEAD 215

Class Details

This course examines the causes and consequences of racialized inequality in American cities. It begins by surveying the historical roots of urban inequality and compounded deprivation, with particular attention to segregation, economic discrimination, and political marginalization. It then looks closely at the politics and history of policing and criminal justice, education, and housing. Students will leave this course with a deeper understanding of contemporary urban problems, a knowledge of the political structures within which those problems are embedded, and a better sense of the challenges and opportunities leaders face in contemporary urban America.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 3680
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: Class participation; several short essays and a longer paper with in-class presentation
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Preferences: Political Science majors and Leadership Studies concentrators
Distributions: Divison II Difference, Power, and Equity
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
HIST 271 Division II LEAD 215 Division II PSCI 215 Division II
DPE Notes: Deploying historical and social-scientific analysis, this course seeks to help students understand the historical roots and political underpinnings of unequal access to social goods in American cities, with particular attention to the racialization of inequality, compound deprivation, and unearned advantage.
Attributes: GBST Urbanizing World
HIST Group F Electives - U.S. + Canada
LEAD Facets or Domains of Leadership
POEC Depth
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