Metropolitan Area Government
General
Prefix
POL
Course Number
313
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Government forms and political activities in large urban areas. Shows relationship between politics and such problems as transportation, crime, race, metro reform.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Describe political change in metro areas analyze how that change can impact various groups in urban society.
Outcome
Learn the nature of ethnic and racial power changes and shifts in urban America and describe what has been a political, social and economic trap.
Outcome
Evaluate economic development strategies and how they may harm and benefit population groups in central cities.
Outcome
Analyze theories of who governs cities and suburbia and how those theories impact policy issues.