UNV 101: Section 20

Course Description:

This course sits at the intersection of economics and political science and seeks to understand why resources are allocated within society through the interaction of political systems and markets. This course is about power and uses different lenses to explore how and why power is leveraged to serve different interests through institutions. This course will look at a series of different issues facing Los Angeles communities. Students will explore current problems and inequalities, use political economy lenses to explain these issues, and create solutions that are politically and economically feasible, effective, aware of stakeholder interests, and respectful of cultural diversity and individual rights.

Course by Major:

This course may be particularly interesting to you if you are interested in one of the following majors.

• Applied Studies
• Behavioral Science
• Business Administration
• Communications
• Criminal Justice Administration
• Environmental Science
• Geography
• History
• Humanities
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Labor Studies
• Liberal Studies
• Mathematics
• Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding
• Political Science
• Public Administration
• Sociology

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