POV 103 - Poverty and Human Capability: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Fieldwork

FDR: HU Humanities Distribution
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3

Students may not take for degree credit both this course and POV 101 and 102. Prerequisite: has not completed either POV 101 or POV 102. An exploration of the nature, scope, causes, effects, and possible remedies for poverty as a social, moral, political and policy, economic, legal, psychological, religious, and biological problem. The course focuses on domestic poverty in the United States but also considers poverty as a global problem. This spring term version of the course integrates service fieldwork into the introductory course taught in the fall and winter and offers the same credit as POV 101 and 102 combined.