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URBANST 112: The Urban Underclass (SOC 149, SOC 249)

(Graduate students register for 249.) Recent research and theory on the urban underclass, including evidence on the concentration of African Americans in urban ghettos, and the debate surrounding the causes of poverty in urban settings. Ethnic/racial conflict, residential segregation, and changes in the family structure of the urban poor.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

URBANST 113: Introduction to Urban Design: Contemporary Urban Design in Theory and Practice

Comparative studies in N. America and abroad of neighborhood conservation, central city regeneration, and growth policies for metropolitan regions. Case studies, team projects, and class workshops in San Francisco. Two required workshops in San Francisco Sat Jan 16 and Sat Jan 30.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-CE, WAY-SI
Instructors: Gast, G. (PI)

URBANST 114: Cities in Comparative Perspective (ANTHRO 126)

Core course for Urban Studies majors. The city as interdisciplinary object. Discourses about cities such as the projects, practices, plans, representations, and sensibilities that combine to create what people know about urban spaces. Local, national, and transnational spatial scales. Conversations across regional boundaries; geographies of difference. Case studies.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

URBANST 115: Urban Sustainability: Long-Term Archaeological Perspectives (CLASSGEN 123, CLASSGEN 223)

Comparative and archaeological view of urban design and sustainability. How fast changing cities challenge human relationships with nature. Innovation and change, growth, industrial development, the consumption of goods and materials. Five millennia of city life including Near Eastern city states, Graeco-Roman antiquity, the Indus Valley, and the Americas.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Shanks, M. (PI)

URBANST 123: Approaching Research and the Community

Comparative perspective on research with communities and basic overview of research methodologies, with an emphasis on the principles and practices of doing community-based research as a collaborative enterprise between academic researchers and community members. How academic scholarship can be made useful to communities. How service experiences and interests can be used to develop research questions in collaboration with communities and serve as a starting point for developing senior theses or other independent research projects.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 2 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Visconti, V. (PI)

URBANST 126: Spirituality and Nonviolent Urban and Social Transformation (RELIGST 162)

A life of engagement in social transformation is often built on a foundation of spiritual and religious commitments. Case studies of nonviolent social change agents including Rosa Parks in the civil rights movement, César Chávez in the labor movement, and WIlliam Sloane Coffin in the peace movement; the religious and spiritual underpinnings of their commitments. Theory and principles of nonviolence. Films and readings. Service learning component includes placements in organizations engaged in social transformation.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

URBANST 127: Community Planning Workshop

Students work in teams to conduct research, analyze and evaluate alternatives, and make recommendations for possible solutions to local community development issues. Students work with community partners to blend theory and practice to accomplish a community based project.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | Repeatable 1 times (up to 5 units total)
Instructors: Johnson, B. (PI)

URBANST 127: COMMUNITY PLANNING WORKSHOP

URBANST 128: Community Mapping Practicum

Students will use mapping techniques to explore community planning and policy issues in Redwood City. Focusing on building other skills including teamwork, writing, and oral communication. GIS is not a prerequisite.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Johnson, B. (PI)

URBANST 131: Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur

Invited lecture series. Perspectives and endeavors of thought leaders and entrepreneurs who address social needs in the U.S. and internationally through private for-profit and nonprofit organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or public institutions.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Edwards, M. (PI)
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