SOAN 266 - Neighborhoods and Inequality

Prerequisite: SOAN 211 or Instructor Consent.
FDR: SS3 Social Science - Group 3 Distribution
Credits: 3

This course examines the ways in which residential context relates to social and economic inequalities. Drawing on empirical literature from sociology and related fields, we consider both (a) how residential contexts may shape individuals’ opportunities and (b) the factors that may shape the persistence or change of concentrated advantage and disadvantage across those residential settings. Half of the course is a traditional seminar and half is a data analysis lab in which we learn tools of spatial data analysis and then apply them in individual student projects on contemporary cities.