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Spring 2017 | GEOG 3371W Section 001: Cities, Citizens, and Communities (50378)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hanson Hall 1-106
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to cities and suburbs as unique crossroads of cultural, social, and political processes. Competing/conflicting visions of city life, cultural diversity, and justice. Focuses on the American city.
- Class Description:
- This course is about how the diversity of urban experience in the U.S. is structured by relations of class, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. We will look at why the city--why urbanization as a distinctive process--shapes these social structures in particular ways. Especially important is the city as a crucial locus for capitalism as a dominant value system that is inscribed on the built landscape and that relies upon and fosters social differences. Through discussion, lecture, case study readings, and writing projects we will try to come to a more layered understanding of what makes the American city tick.
- Grading:
- 33% Short writing assignments and Midterm essay
33% Take-home final essay
33% Research Paper
- Exam Format:
- Take-home essays.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities Extra Credit: There will be opportunities for student presentations of research.
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
1 research paper, 2 take-home essay exams, 3 miscellaneous short writing assignments (total 25 pages)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50378/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2016
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