Spring 2021  |  URBS 1001W Section 001: Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life (49692)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Meets With:
URBS 3001W Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 50 seats filled)
Also Offered:
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/49692/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
28 October 2009

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