UST 424 - Distressed People, Places

(4 credits)

Prerequisite(s): UST 300; course is closed to freshmen and non degree students. Investigates public policy approaches to people-based and place-based strategies that confront the consequences of economic development and transition; analyzes the effectiveness of national, state, and local level responses to poverty and spatial distress; examines the connection between product markets, labor markets (people), and land markets (places); develops skills in the areas of public policy formulation, analysis and evaluation.

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