(Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 280.) Seminar, three hours. Examination of several key social and urban inequalities in U.S. Survey of three key contemporary issues of inequality primarily from sociology and urban planning/studies: income distribution (poverty), work and employment (labor), and neighborhoods (space/geography). Through wide range of methods, approaches, and theoretical frameworks examined, exposure to key research on inequality. S/U or letter grading.