Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: CNCS-0006 Organization's ID: POV 501 Organization: Corporation for National and Community Service Location: Classroom-based Length: (32 hours over 11 weeks) Dates Offered: 10/1/2011 - 9/30/2014 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Sociology Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to help students to better understand the history, causes and consequences of poverty in the United States while developing realistic expectations about what an individual or an organization can do to reduce it. Learning Outcomes: Define the term 'poverty' and compare the wide variety of measures that have been used to describe it Recount the history of poverty in the U.S Critique differing theories about the causes of poverty ('structural' vs. 'behavioral') and explain how the causes might fluctuate over time, geography, and individual circumstance Explain the consequences of poverty-physiological, psychological, social, cultural, and economic-on individuals, families, and communities Judge the relative effectiveness of policies and programs that have sought to reduce poverty or to develop human potential Synthesize knowledge from multiple sources and varied perspectives so that you generate a deeper understanding of the history of poverty in the United States Identify resources available for people living in poverty in your community and develop effective means for them to access those resources Create a specific profile of the people who are living in poverty in your community Utilize your new knowledge of poverty to help your organization build the community's capacity for change General Topics: You, your community and the official poverty rate, other ways to think about poverty, behavioral versus structural explanations of poverty, exploring the connections between behavioral and structural explanations of poverty, the consequences of poverty, community development approaches, national policy and poverty, yesterday and today, how VISTAs build capacity Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Computer Based Training Discussion Lectures Practical Exercises Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Corporation for National and Community Service Core Supervisory Skills (CNCS-0003) Diversity in Service (CNCS-0002) Introduction to Service Learning (CNCS-0001) View All Courses Page Content