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1200. Global Urbanization

Also offered as: GEOG 1200

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A broad discussion of the role and structure of cities around the world from the first cities to contemporary times. Special emphasis will be placed on the mechanisms by which cities and ideas about them have been diffused from one place to another and on the changing forces that have shaped cities over time and across space. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1300. Exploring Your Community

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Various aspects of urban and community life emphasizing the interplay of social justice, diversity, individual and social well being. Explores theories, concepts, and methods in community studies. May contain a service learning component. CA 2. CA 4.

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1300W. Exploring Your Community

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Various aspects of urban and community life emphasizing the interplay of social justice, diversity, individual and social well being. Explores theories, concepts, and methods in community studies. May contain a service learning component. CA 2. CA 4.

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1400. Site and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examination of urban issues and trends like race, gender, class, sexuality, place attachment, politics, economics, environmentalism, and social activism by interpreting the lyrics and videos of popular music. CA 2. CA 4.

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1400W. Site and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examination of urban issues and trends like race, gender, class, sexuality, place attachment, politics, economics, environmentalism, and social activism by interpreting the lyrics and videos of popular music. CA 2. CA 4.

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1600. Cities of Imagination

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to planned cities. Topics may include concepts in urban planning, past and present planned cities, considerations of ethics and inclusion in planning. CA 2.

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1998. Variable Topics

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

May be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter

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2000. Introduction to Urban and Community Studies

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to the analysis of urban development with particular stress on those problems pertinent to the American central city.

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2000W. Introduction to Urban and Community Studies

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to the analysis of urban development with particular stress on those problems pertinent to the American central city.

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2100. Survey Research Methods

Also offered as: PP 2100

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Theory and practice of surveys, including overall project design, questionnaire development, sampling, methods of data collection and data analysis.

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2301Q. Research Methods and Analysis in Urban and Community Studies

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: STAT 1000 or 1100. Open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to research methods and analysis techniques useful in understanding urban issues and assessing public and non-profit social programs.

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2302. Qualitative Methods in Urban and Community Studies

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

An introduction to qualitative methods used in urban social research. Interdisciplinary techniques for data collection and analysis, including visual and narrative analysis, participant observation, interviewing, and archival research.

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2400. City and Community in Film

Also offered as: AMST 2400

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Aesthetics, history, and contemporary relevance of American films that feature the urban, suburban, and/or small town landscape as a major "character" shaping plot and story. Films read closely as texts that make meaning through a range of tools, including narrative, mise-en-scene, editing, camera work, and genre conventions. CA 1.

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2541. The History of Urban America

Also offered as: HIST 2541

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city. Formerly offered as URBN 3541 and HIST 3541.

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2541W. The History of Urban America

Also offered as: HIST 2541W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city. Formerly offered as URBN 3541W and HIST 3541W.

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2600. Work and Economic Justice

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Not open to students who have passed URBN 3998 when offered as Work and Economic Justice. Recommended preparation: URBN 2000.

Grading Basis: Graded

Interdisciplinary analysis of conservation and the human-environment relationship from a cross-cultural perspective. Major topics include sustainability, environmental ethics, climate change, natural disasters, health, and environmental justice.

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2650. History of Urban Latin America

Also offered as: HIST 2650

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Not open to students who have passed HIST 3095 when taught as Latin American Urban History.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Latin American cities with emphasis on social, political, physical and environmental change, from Spanish conquest to present. Formerly offered as HIST/URBN 3650. CA 1.

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2901. Urban Sociology

Also offered as: SOCI 2901

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Formerly offered as URBN 3275 and 3901/SOCI 3901.

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2901W. Urban Sociology

Also offered as: SOCI 2901W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Formerly offered as URBN 3275W and 3901W/SOCI 3901W.

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2998. Variable Topics

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Grading Basis: Graded

May be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

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3200. Urban Geography

Also offered as: GEOG 3200

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Analysis of the growth, distribution, and functional patterns within and among Western cities. Application of urban geographical concepts to city planning problems.

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3200W. Urban Geography

Also offered as: GEOG 3200W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Analysis of the growth, distribution, and functional patterns within and among Western cities. Application of urban geographical concepts to city planning problems.

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3210. Urban Anthropology

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A general course on urbanization, emphasizing contrasts between "developed" and "developing" countries. Formerly offered as URBN 3000.

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3276. Urban Problems

Also offered as: SOCI 3903

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Social problems of American cities and suburbs, with emphasis on policy issues.

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3276W. Urban Problems

Also offered as: SOCI 3903W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Social problems of American cities and suburbs with emphasis on policy issues.

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3400E. Urban Parks and Sustainability

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Historical and contemporary analysis of park issues related to the social, ecological, and economic sustainability of cities, such as the racial politics of park advocacy, the changing social practices of park use, the privatization of public space, urban resilience and green infrastructure, and the relationship between parks, gentrification, and urban sustainability. CA 2.

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3439. Urban and Regional Economics

Also offered as: ECON 3439

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ECON 2201 or 2211Q. Recommended preparation: ECON 1200 or 1202; MATH 1071 or 1110 or 1121 or 1131 or 1151.

Grading Basis: Graded

Economic problems of cities and regions: urban markets for land, labor, and housing; location decisions of businesses and households; metropolitan transportation problems; urban/suburban fiscal relations; urban and regional environmental quality; and the economics of crime.

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3632. Urban Politics

Also offered as: POLS 3632

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.

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3632W. Urban Politics

Also offered as: POLS 3632W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.

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3981. Internship in Urban Studies: Seminar

1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites: Must be taken concurrently with URBN 3991.

Grading Basis: Graded

Description, analysis, and evaluation of the fieldwork portion (URBN 3991) of the internship. Written reports are required.

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3991. Internship in Urban Studies: Field Study

1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites: Must be taken concurrently with URBN 3981.

Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

A fieldwork internship program under the direction and supervision of a faculty member affiliated with the Urban Studies faculty. Hours by arrangement with hosting agency, 42 hours per semester per credit. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

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3993. Foreign Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Special topics in a foreign-study program. Consent of Department Head required, preferably prior to the student's departure.

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3995. Special Topics

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Grading Basis: Graded

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4000. Understanding Your Community

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: URBN 2000; open to Urban and Community Studies majors in their senior year only.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examination of an urban area or local community. Production of a detailed case study including historical perspective, analysis of issues and stakeholders, evaluation of internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external threats and opportunities. Proposal of strategies for addressing problems and advancing equity, growth, and development.

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4497W. Senior Thesis

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Research and writing of an urban and/or community focused thesis. Students must have a thesis advisor and an approved thesis topic.

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4999. Independent Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

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