Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• SP.660 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Mindy Fried
  Prof. Ceasar McDowell 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.237 / SP.660 Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete list of readings and examples of student work in the assignments section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course provides an analytic framework for understanding the roles that gender and race play in defining the work worlds of women and men in our society, including ways in which gender intersects with race and class. The course examines specific workplace-related policies through a gender/race lens, including welfare policy, comparable worth, affirmative action, parental leave policy, child care policy and working time policies. Students are required to investigate ways in which these policies address gender and racial inequities, and think critically about mechanisms for change.

  
  
  

  Special Features

  
  
  

  • Student projects

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .rm.