Upcoming Courses

Spring 2010

Information 181: Poverty and Technology
Professor Jenna Burrell
Tuesday & Thursday | 11:00 am -1:30 pm | 202 South Hall | 3 units

This course will encourage students to think broadly about the interplay between technological systems, social processes, economic activities, and political contingencies in efforts to alleviate poverty. Students will come to understand poverty not only in terms of high-level indicators, but from a ground-level perspective as 'the poor' experience and describe it for themselves. The role played by individuals and societies of the developing world as active agents in processes of technology adoption and use will be a central theme.

Public Policy 103 / Letters & Science 180U: Wealth & Poverty
Professor Robert Reich
Wednesday | 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Wheeler Auditorium| 4 units

This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding both of the organization of the political economy in the United States and of other advanced economies, and of why the distribution of earnings, wealth, and opportunity have been diverging in the United States and in other nations. It also is intended to provide insights into the political and public-policy debates that have arisen in light of this divergence, as well as possible means of reversing it.

UGBA 195S: Entrepreneurship to Address Global Poverty
Professor John Danner
Thursday | 3:00 – 6:00pm | C230 Cheit | 3 units

Can you do good and do well at the same time? This course explores how entrepreneurial ventures can help address global poverty in ways that do not depend primarily on foreign aid, corporate social responsibility initiative, philanthropy, or volunteerism to be sustainable. You will hear perspectives from faculty experts as well as directly from this new breed of entrepreneurs active around the globe.