ARSC 100, Seminar on Urban Social Issues
3 sem. hrs.

This course examines the problems that plague many urban areas and the policy responses that attempt to solve them. Students explore such issues as homelessness, addiction, juvenile justice, and failing schools using Washington, D.C. as a case study. The class combines lectures by faculty experts with site visits to government agencies and private organizations to explore both theoretical and practical dimensions of problems that trouble all large cities.