SOCI 332: The Urban World
SOCI 332-001: The Urban World
(Spring 2016)
12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR
Krug Hall 7
Section Information for Spring 2016
In this course, we will examine this urban world. The course will beginning by asking, what is a city? What makes city life different than living elsewhere? We will turn to classical urban sociology and significant changes in cities in the 1950s and 1960s. While we will talk about many cities during this course, we will focus specifically on Washington, DC. The course will also explore the global urban literature, as a means to understand what shapes cities, urban inequalities, and urban experiences today. Are cities sustainable not only environmentally but also socially, politically, and economically? The final classes will examine transnational social movements that seek to make cities more sustainable. Each student will choose a DC neighborhood to study throughout the semester. Students will use a variety of methods to study their neighborhood and report their findings through short papers and a final research paper.
Faculty Info Page: http://soan.gmu.edu/people/jbockman
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Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 3
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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