SOCY 3187 Race, Region, and the American City
This course examines how race and place have shaped urban life across the United States. Drawing on perspectives from sociology, geography, history, and public health, the course explores how housing, segregation, migration, environmental inequality, health, and urban policy vary across regions while producing distinct experiences of belonging and exclusion. Students will compare cities in the Northeast, South, Midwest, and West to understand how regional histories of race continue to influence neighborhoods, institutions, and everyday life. Through case studies and interdisciplinary scholarship, students will critically analyze the relationship between race, space, inequality, and the changing American city.
Course overview
- Department
- Sociology
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Annually
Requirements fulfilled
- Applied Psychology and Human Development: Major electives — any Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOCY) course (no more than two electives from outside LSEHD) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Sociology electives (18 credits, generally six courses) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Upper-level Sociology electives (at least 9 of the 18 elective credits must be SOCY3000 or higher) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)