ClassInfo - Spring 2017 Urban Studies Classes

Spring 2017 | URBS 1001W Section 001: Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life (50755)

Instructor(s): Mark Brinda
Andrew Degerstrom (TA)
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:: URBS 3001W Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

Mon, Wed 04:15PM - 05:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Anderson Hall 350
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Fall 2024
(Tentative) Spring 2024
(Tentative) Fall 2023
(Tentative) Spring 2023
(Tentative) Fall 2022
(Tentative) Spring 2022
(Tentative) Fall 2021

Course Catalog Description:: Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.
Class Description:: Drawing from multiple disciplines, this course examines the complexities of urban and metropolitan environments. A breadth of topics is covered amid changing social, political and economic contexts including governance, technology, planning and design concepts, investment and uneven development, citizen activism and cultural representations in art and film. Three project modules with videos, internet mapping projects, and fieldwork, demonstrate concepts-interactively. This is a writing intensive course (3 cr.). Taught fall and spring.
Grading:: 30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
30% Special Projects
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Other Evaluation: In class discussion/small group activities
Exam Format:: Blue Book-Essay Format
Class Format:: 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers Per Semester: Approximately 4-5 hours of fieldwork. Approximately 4-5 hours of computer mapping.
Workload:: 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
5 Paper(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50755/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 28 October 2009

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