Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (04)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/12
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (03)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (02)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/15
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (05)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/12
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (06)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/12
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (07)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (08)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/12
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (09)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/12
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Race and the Politics of Punishment in the US
AS.190.433 (01)

Contact with criminal justice has become a primary way that many Americans see and experience government, particularly those from race-class subjugated communities. Yet, our field has been slow to appreciate the development of the carceral state or to consider its manifold for citizenship. In this advanced undergraduate seminar, we will survey key debates around punishment, state violence, and surveillance, with a particular focus on research that takes institutional development, history and racial orders seriously. Why did the carceral state expand in "fits and starts" and with what consequence for state-building? We explore its (racialized and gendered) relationship to other key systems: foster care, social provision, labor relations and the labor market, and immigration enforcement. A core preoccupation of this course will be to understand the ways in which the criminal justice system "makes race" and how debates about crime and punishment were often debates about black inclusion and equality. How does exposure to criminal justice interventions shape political learning, democratic habits, and racial lifeworlds? In addition to policy, political discourse, and racial politics, we will employ works from a range of fields - history, sociology, law and criminology - and a range of methods (ethnography, historical analysis, quantitative and qualitative). Required books include: Khalil Muhammad's Condemnation of Blackness: race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, Elizabeth Hinton's From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, David Oshinsky's Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice, Bruce Western's Punishment and Inequality in America, and Michael Fortner's Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Weaver, Vesla
• Room: Bloomberg 276
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): INST-AP, SPOL-UL

Introduction to Sociology
AS.230.101 (01)

Introduces students to basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and applies them to a variety of topics including family, work, and the dynamics of class, gender, and racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States and globally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Calder, Ryan
• Room: Maryland 110
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Issues in International Development
AS.230.150 (01)

This course will provide an undergraduate level introduction to the study and practice, as well as the successes and failures, of international development. Students will be introduced to the various theoretical frameworks used to explain underdevelopment. Students will also explore the practice of development since the 1950s by examining specific strategies employed in Latin America, South Asia, East Asia, and Africa. Using a variety of country-specific case studies, students will have the opportunity to apply the theoretical and practical frameworks learned in the class to assess the successes and failures of real-life cases.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Agarwala, Rina
• Room: Ames 218
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/25
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Freshman Seminar: Gender, Health and Aging
AS.230.154 (01)

In this course students will develop an understanding of the ways in which gender structures health and well being through adulthood and later life. The experience of sexual minorities and the ntersection of gender with class and ethnicity will also be discussed. Students will be expected to participate actively and lead discussions on specific topics.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Agree, Emily
• Room: Gilman 217
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/16
• PosTag(s): n/a

Education & Inequality: Individual, Contextual, and Policy Perspectives
AS.230.320 (01)

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: T 4:00PM - 6:30PM
• Instructor: Deluca, Stefanie
• Room: Hodson 311
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/25
• PosTag(s): SPOL-UL

Exploring Baltimore: An Introduction to Urban Studies
AS.230.195 (01)

This course will introduce students to the field of urban studies and Baltimore itself. Students will learn data collection and analysis methods used in the social sciences. Students will discuss relevant research published in urban studies by Johns Hopkins faculty and other experts in the field. Students will also gain an introduction to their adopted home, Baltimore, by collecting data and conducting field observations in different neighborhoods.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Reese, Michael Joseph, Jr.
• Room: BLC 4040
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/16
• PosTag(s): SPOL-UL

Chinese Revolutions
AS.230.175 (01)

This course introduces the origins, operation and impacts of five major revolutions in modern China between 1850 and 1950. These include the Taiping Rebellion, the republican revolutions, federalist and southern automatic movements, labor strikes as well as peasant rebellions. It draws on the existing historiography that examines China’s transition from an empire to a republic, impacts of western and Japanese influences to China, as well as the continuity and change of Chinese social organizations. Cross list with International Studies and East Asian Studies. Fulfills IS History requirement.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
• Room: Shriver Hall 104
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/18
• PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL

Research Tools for Global Sociology and Development
AS.230.265 (01)

This course will introduce students to a range of software programs that are critical for conducting social scientific research in the 21st century. Students will develop competency in the use of computer programs for statistical analysis, database management, the creation of maps and timelines, and the presentation of research reports. The course uses examples from ongoing social science faculty research projects at Johns Hopkins on global inequality and international development. Required for GSCD track students. Course previously titled "Research Tools and Technologies for the Social Sciences"

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Kang, Minhyoung
• Room: Krieger 108
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Land, Labor and Environmental Movements in Contemporary Africa
AS.230.219 (01)

The course examines the new wave of social protest and popular uprisings in contemporary Africa through the interconnected themes of land, labor, and environmental movements. Attention will be placed on the early 21st century.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Jacobs, Ricado Eduard
• Room: Maryland 104
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/15
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR

Medical Humanitarianism
AS.230.335 (02)

Humanitarian organizations play life-preserving roles in global conflicts, and have front-row views of disasters ranging from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami in Japan. Yet even while they provide vital assistance to millions of people in crisis, such organizations are beset by important paradoxes that hinder their capacity to create sustainable interventions. They work to fill long-lasting needs, but are prone to moving quickly from one site to the next in search of the latest emergency. They strive to be apolitical, yet are invariably influenced by the geopolitical agendas of global powers. How do such contradictions arise, and what is their impact upon millions of aid recipients around the world? Drawing on case studies from South Sudan to Haiti, this course addresses these contradictions by exploring how and why medical aid organizations attempt, and sometimes fail, to reconcile short-term goals, such as immediate life-saving, with long-term missions, such as public health programs and conflict resolution initiatives.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
• Room: Krieger 300
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/18
• PosTag(s): INST-IR

Schooling, Racial Inequality and Public Policy in America
AS.230.385 (01)

After examining alternative explanations for why individuals obtain different amounts and types of educational training, the course focuses on how an individual’s family background and race affect his or her trajectory through the educational system. The course covers the specific challenges that have confronted urban schooling in America since the 1960s, including the classic literature on the effects of school and community resources on student achievement as well as the development and later evaluation of school desegregation policies. The course also considers case studies of current policy debates in the US, such as housing segregation and school resegregation, voucher programs for school choice, and the motivation for and consequences of the establishment of state-mandated testing requirements. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed upon the alternative modes of inquiry and writing which opposing scholars, policymakers, and journalists use to address these contentious topics.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Morgan, Stephen L
• Room: Hodson 301
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15
• PosTag(s): INST-AP, SPOL-UL

Sociology of Health and Illness
AS.230.341 (03)

This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
• Instructor: Agree, Emily
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, SPOL-UL

Sociology in Economic Life
AS.230.369 (01)

This course discusses how geopolitics, technology as well as social differentiation (such as race, class and gender) shape the structure of economic actions. Special attention will be paid to patterns of state-business relationship, labor processes, migrant economy, globalization and international division of labor.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
• Room: Smokler Center 301
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/18
• PosTag(s): INST-ECON, INST-PT

Housing and Homelessness in the United States
AS.230.370 (01)

This course will examine the role of housing, or the absence thereof, in shaping quality of life. It will explore the consequences of the places in which we live and how we are housed. Consideration will be given to overcrowding, affordability, accessibility, and past and existing housing policies and their influence on society. Special attention will be given to the problem of homelessness.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Greif, Meredith
• Room: Hodson 301
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/18
• PosTag(s): INST-AP, SPOL-UL

Sociology of Health and Illness
AS.230.341 (01)

This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
• Instructor: Agree, Emily
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, SPOL-UL

Sociology of Health and Illness
AS.230.341 (04)

This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 4:00PM - 4:50PM
• Instructor: Agree, Emily
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, SPOL-UL

Sociology of Health and Illness
AS.230.341 (02)

This course introduces students to medical sociology, which is the application of the sociological perspective to health and health care. Major topics include stress, social epidemiology, and the social organization of health care.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:50PM, W 3:00PM - 3:50PM
• Instructor: Agree, Emily
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/15
• PosTag(s): PHIL-BIOETH, SPOL-UL

Global Health and Human Rights
AS.230.393 (01)

Is access to healthcare a fundamental human right? If so, then which global actors are obligated to provide healthcare to whom, and for how long? How do meanings of health and illness vary across time and place? And finally, how are human rights principles translated into frontline practice in order to promote well-being? This course takes a critical interdisciplinary approach to these questions through a series of global case studies ranging from humanitarian aid in post-tsunami Sri Lanka to anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) campaigns in Ghana. How do international NGOs, UN bodies, and governments collaborate (or compete) to distribute healthcare in places beset by dire resource shortages? Do human rights principles carry legal weight across borders, and if so, could access to healthcare services and essential medicines be litigated in order to compel governments to provide it? And finally, what cultural assumptions do human rights discourses carry with them, and what happens if rights-based approaches are poorly received by recipient populations? Moving beyond the basic principle of healthcare as a human right, this course aims to bring this idea’s history and politics into focus by offering an in-depth exploration of its ethics and implementation.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
• Room: Gilman 75
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/18
• PosTag(s): INST-IR

Social Theory
AS.230.213 (01)

This course will focus on four classical theorists whose ideas have greatly influenced the ways we study society: Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and W. E. B. Du Bois. The course is devoted to understanding how each theorist understood the origin, structure, and historical dynamics of modern societies. In addition to comparing their theories, we will use them to analyze current social issues, including those involving social inequality, conflict, cohesion, and change.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Schrader, Stuart Laurence
• Room: Maryland 109
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/25
• PosTag(s): INST-PT, GECS-SOCSCI

Sociology of Immigration
AS.230.317 (01)

This course surveys sociological theories and research on immigration to the U.S. Theoretical approaches include theories of international migration, economic sociology, immigration, and assimilation. Research topics include the impact of U.S. immigration laws and policies on immigrant inflows and stocks, self-selection of immigrants, the impact of immigration on the native-born population and the U.S. labor market and economy, and the adaptation of the first and second generations.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Hao, Lingxin
• Room: Gilman 134
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/18
• PosTag(s): SPOL-UL, INST-IR

The Political Economy of Drugs and Drug Wars
AS.230.397 (01)

In the United States, we spend more than $100 billion annually on illegal drugs—and the government spends more than $50 billion a year to combat their sale and use. These statistics raise important and complicated social questions. This course will examine the production, sale, use, and control of illegal drugs from a historical and sociological perspective. We will have three objectives: to understand the social construction of drug use and illegality in the United States and other rich countries; to uncover the political and economic consequences of drug trafficking in those countries that produce drugs, particularly in Latin America; and to examine the political economy of drug control through the so-called War on Drugs, both domestically and internationally.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Thornton, Christy
• Room: Hodson 211
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/15
• PosTag(s): INST-ECON, INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST

Introduction to Social Policy: Baltimore and Beyond
AS.360.247 (01)

This course will introduce students to basic concepts in economics, political science and sociology relevant to the study of social problems and the programs designed to remedy them. It will address the many inequalities in access to education and health care, unequal treatment in the criminal justice system, disparities in income and wealth, and differential access to political power. The focus will be on designing effective policies at the national and local level to address these pressing issues. This course is open to all students, but will be required for the new Social Policy Minor. The course is also recommended for students who are interested in law school, medical school, programs in public health, and graduate school in related social science fields. This course does not count as one of the required courses for the Economics major or minor, but it is required for the Social Policy Minor. Cross list with Sociology, Economics and Political Science. Freshman, Sophomore and Juniors only.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Deluca, Stefanie, Morgan, Barbara Anne, Schlozman, Daniel
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/25
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Race and Ethnicity in American Society
AS.230.244 (01)

Race and ethnicity have played a prominent role in American society and continue to do so, as demonstrated by interracial and interethnic gaps in economic and educational achievement, residence, political power, family structure, crime, and health. Using a sociological framework, we will explore the historical significance of race and its development as a social construction, assess the causes and consequences of intergroup inequalities and explore potential solutions.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Greif, Meredith
• Room: Hodson 313
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/18
• PosTag(s): INST-AP, SPOL-UL

Contemporary Social Theory
AS.230.395 (01)

This course will examine how major social theorists of the 20th century advanced upon the “classical” social theories of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. As they grappled with the historical events and social concerns of the 20th century—the Russian revolution and its degeneration into Stalinism, the failure of communist movements in the West, the rise and fall of fascism and Nazism, the consolidation of capitalist democracies and welfare states, the emergence of anti-colonial movements in the “Third World,” and the persistence of race, gender and sexuality as forms of domination—social theorists provided novel answers to classical questions of social theory: 1) what is the structure of modern society, how does it change, and how is it reproduced?; 2) what is the relation between social structures and ideas, knowledge, and subjectivity?; and 3) what are the conditions of possibility for human freedom? Theorists to be covered include Antonio Gramsci, Franz Fanon, W.E.B. Dubois, Georg Lukacs, Talcott Parsons, Herbert Marcuse, Jurgen Habermas, Louis Althusser, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, Nancy Fraser, Patricia Hill Collins, Judith Butler, and Henri Lefebvre. In addition to understanding and comparing the theories, we will try to use them to understand contemporary societies.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: F 3:00PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Agarwala, Rina
• Room: Hodson 303
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/18
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-PT

Documentary Photography in a Changing China
AS.310.210 (01)

This course aims to inspire students to explore the impacts, meanings, and explanations of social transformation in contemporary China, via the lens of documentary photography. The photographic images of selective topics will include the products of photojournalism and documentary photography, and several documentary films, by both Chinese and non-Chinese photographers. While one picture is worth thousand words, one picture may also provoke countless interpretations. Students are strongly encouraged to read broadly about different aspects of social transformations in contemporary China, and to select and curate their own subjects of photo images. The spirit of comparative study of documentary photography of China and other parts of world will be strongly encouraged. Active class participation is imperative. A small exhibition on the campus will be organized by the Spring semester. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: He, Gaochao
• Room: Bloomberg 278
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 13/19
• PosTag(s): INST-CP

Labor Politics in China
AS.310.402 (01)

This course explores the transformation of labor relations in China over the past century. It will cover the origins of the labor movement, the changes brought about by the 1949 Revolution, the industrial battles of the Cultural Revolution, the traumatic restructuring of state-owned enterprises over the past two decades, the rise of private enterprise and export-oriented industry, the conditions faced by migrant workers today, and recent developments in industrial relations and labor conflict. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates and graduate students. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: He, Gaochao
• Room: Krieger 306
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/18
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-ECON

Neoliberalism
AS.230.405 (01)

Neoliberalism, a political project that seeks to subject all aspects of social life to free market force, has ascended to orthodoxy in developed and developing countries alike over the last four decades. This course is a reading seminar focused on some of the key classic and cutting-edge original texts that critically examine and debate the origins, socio-political impacts, and crisis of the neoliberal project. It will cover such topics as the genealogy of the neoliberal idea, neoliberal state, informalization of works, neoliberal cities, rise of the one percent, and global governance. Class will be a mix of lecture and seminar-style discussions. Requirements include reading memo, class presentation, and a term paper.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Hung, Ho-Fung
• Room: Mergenthaler 526
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/12
• PosTag(s): INST-AP, INST-ECON

Medical Humanitarianism
AS.230.335 (01)

Humanitarian organizations play life-preserving roles in global conflicts, and have front-row views of disasters ranging from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami in Japan. Yet even while they provide vital assistance to millions of people in crisis, such organizations are beset by important paradoxes that hinder their capacity to create sustainable interventions. They work to fill long-lasting needs, but are prone to moving quickly from one site to the next in search of the latest emergency. They strive to be apolitical, yet are invariably influenced by the geopolitical agendas of global powers. How do such contradictions arise, and what is their impact upon millions of aid recipients around the world? Drawing on case studies from South Sudan to Haiti, this course addresses these contradictions by exploring how and why medical aid organizations attempt, and sometimes fail, to reconcile short-term goals, such as immediate life-saving, with long-term missions, such as public health programs and conflict resolution initiatives.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Naveh Benjamin, Ilil
• Room: Shriver Hall 104
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/18
• PosTag(s): INST-IR

Police and Prisons in Comparative Perspective
AS.362.314 (01)

This course will examine policing and prisons in the United States and beyond, with a focus on racial inequality. It will consist of two parts. First, we will explore the contemporary state of prisons and policing in the United States and look at debates around the rise of “mass incarceration” and aggressive forms of policing in the final third of the 20th century. Second, we will explore policing and prison in other parts of the globe in the contemporary moment, highlighting similarities and differences from the U.S. case. What can studying the instruments of social control in other societies reveal about our own? Students will develop an understanding of major trends, keywords, and debates in the literature on policing and prisons, with particular reference to race and racism.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Schrader, Stuart Laurence
• Room: Remsen Hall 1
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/18
• PosTag(s): AFRS-AFAMER, INST-CP, INST-AP

Introduction to Social Policy: Baltimore and Beyond
AS.360.247 (02)

This course will introduce students to basic concepts in economics, political science and sociology relevant to the study of social problems and the programs designed to remedy them. It will address the many inequalities in access to education and health care, unequal treatment in the criminal justice system, disparities in income and wealth, and differential access to political power. The focus will be on designing effective policies at the national and local level to address these pressing issues. This course is open to all students, but will be required for the new Social Policy Minor. The course is also recommended for students who are interested in law school, medical school, programs in public health, and graduate school in related social science fields. This course does not count as one of the required courses for the Economics major or minor, but it is required for the Social Policy Minor. Cross list with Sociology, Economics and Political Science. Freshman, Sophomore and Juniors only.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Deluca, Stefanie, Morgan, Barbara Anne, Schlozman, Daniel
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/25
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI

Introduction to Social Policy: Baltimore and Beyond
AS.360.247 (03)

This course will introduce students to basic concepts in economics, political science and sociology relevant to the study of social problems and the programs designed to remedy them. It will address the many inequalities in access to education and health care, unequal treatment in the criminal justice system, disparities in income and wealth, and differential access to political power. The focus will be on designing effective policies at the national and local level to address these pressing issues. This course is open to all students, but will be required for the new Social Policy Minor. The course is also recommended for students who are interested in law school, medical school, programs in public health, and graduate school in related social science fields. This course does not count as one of the required courses for the Economics major or minor, but it is required for the Social Policy Minor. Cross list with Sociology, Economics and Political Science. Freshman, Sophomore and Juniors only.

• Credits: 3.00
• Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
• Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM, T 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Deluca, Stefanie, Morgan, Barbara Anne, Schlozman, Daniel
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/25
• PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI