printer friendly pageURBANST 101A: The New York City Seminar (Remote)
*This class is being offered in collaboration with Stanford in New York, Bing Overseas Studies Program, and must be taken in conjunction with an internship. Registration code required.n nThe (Remote) NYC Seminar will employ a structured, experiential education model to enrich the value of a remote internship experience arranged in advance through Stanford in New York. Through goal setting, deep reflection on experiences, and expression and documentation of learning outcomes, students will gain greater awareness of work-related interests, skills, and abilities and how they integrate with intellectual and personal interests and pursuits. Through readings, virtual experiences, and class discussions, the seminar will also consider the critical qualities and tensions that make New York City special and how the fields and organizations represented by student internships contribute to making New York what it is and vice versa. For more information, please contact stanfordNY@stanford.edu.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3-5
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Miller, R. (PI)
URBANST 110: Introduction to Urban Studies (HISTORY 107)
Today, for the first time in history, a majority of people live in cities. By 2050, cities will hold two-thirds of the world's population. This transformation touches everyone, and raises critical questions. What draws people to live in cities? How will urban growth affect the world's environment? Why are cities so divided by race and by class, and what can be done about it? How do cities change who we are, and how can we change cities? In this class, you will learn to see cities in new ways, from the smallest everyday interactions on a city sidewalk to the largest patterns of global migration and trade. We will use specific examples from cities around the world to illustrate the concepts that we learn in class. The course is intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| 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 neighborhood conservation, inner city regeneration, and growth policies for metropolitan regions. Lect-disc and research focusing on case studies from North America and abroad, team urban design projects. Two Saturday class workshops in San Francisco: 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the quarter. Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-CE, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Glanz, D. (PI)
URBANST 126A: Ethics and Leadership in Public Service (CSRE 126C, EDUC 126A, ETHICSOC 79)
This course explores ethical questions that arise in public service work, as well as leadership theory and skills relevant to public service work. Through readings, discussions, in-class activities, assignments, and guest lectures, students will develop a foundation and vision for a future of ethical and effective service leadership. This course serves as a gateway for interested students to participate in the Haas Center's Public Service Leadership Program.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
Instructors:
Lobo, K. (PI)
URBANST 130: Planning Calif: the Intersection of Climate, Land Use, Transportation & the Economy (CEE 136, CEE 236, PUBLPOL 130, PUBLPOL 230)
Cities and urban areas have always been transformed by major external changes like pandemics and public health crises. California is both in the midst of its greatest economic recession since the Great Depression and experiencing a pandemic that has the potential to reshape many aspects of life. Planning for cities and regions, however, is a long game that requires follow-through on decisions made sometimes over many decades. How do we balance the shocks to our assumptions from the current Covid world with the need to plan long-term for issues like affordable housing and equitable cities, and perhaps most fundamentally, prepare our cities and communities for the inevitability of climate change and climate impact? nnnnThis course takes an interdisciplinary view of the key contemporary planning topics in California. It does so from looking at the intersection of climate laws, land use changes, the need for housing, travel patterns and the availability of high quality jobs and employment. This course will give you an understanding of the roles of key levels of government, from the state to the region/metropolitan scale, to the city and county, down to the neighborhood and parcel level. it will give students insight into leading themes and issues of the day in California such as the future of downtowns, the role of high speed rail, the impact of telework, automation in the construction of housing, drawing from examples in San Jose and San Francisco, the Central Valley, the state legislature, Southern California. Within each of these topics we will look at the impact of decisions on equity as well as climate and the economy. nnnnThe instructors are Kristy Wang, formerly SPUR¿s Community Planning Policy Director, and Egon Terplan, Senior Advisor for Economic Development and Transportation in the California Governor¿s Office, formerly SPUR¿s Regional Planning Director. (Affiliations for identification purposes only)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
URBANST 132: Concepts and Analytic Skills for the Social Sector (EARTHSYS 137)
How to develop and grow innovative not-for-profit organizations and for-profit enterprises which have the primary goal of solving social and environmental problems. Topics include organizational mission, strategy, market/user analysis, communications, funding, recruitment and impact evaluation. Perspectives from the field of social entrepreneurship, design thinking and social change organizing. Opportunities and limits of using methods from the for-profit sector to meet social goals. Focus is on integrating theory with practical applications, including several case exercises and simulations.One-day practicum where students advise an actual social impact organization. Enrollment limited to 20. Prerequisite:consent of instructor. Email lalitvak@stanford.edu
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
| Repeatable
10 times
(up to 40 units total)
Instructors:
Litvak, L. (PI)
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Meyers, A. (TA)
URBANST 148: Who Owns Your City?: Institutional Real Estate Seminar
A hands-on introductory seminar designed to allow students to understand and interact with all aspects of the realnnestate investment process, including property development, local government interplay, value creation, assetnnmanagement, financial analysis, and capital markets.nnCourse activities will include asset tours, case studies, and project deep dives.nnThis class is intended for all students looking to better understand real estate as an investment asset class and anncritical part of the modern global economy. Course material will be appropriate for students interested in a variety ofnndisciplines, including Urban Studies - history, design, government, or community interests; institutional investment,nninvestment banking/consulting, construction/engineering, and general finance/economics
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Thielke, C. (PI)
URBANST 149: Monitoring the Crisis (PSYCH 145A, PUBLPOL 141, SOC 141, SOC 241)
A course devoted to understanding how people are faring as the country's health and economic crisis unfolds. The premise of the course is that, as important and valuable as surveys are, it's a capital mistake to presume that we know what needs to be asked and that fixed-response answers adequately convey the depth of what's happening. We introduce a new type of qualitative method that allows for discovery by capturing the voices of the people, learn what they're thinking and fearing, and understand the decisions they're making. Students are trained in immersive interviewing by completing actual interviews, coding and analyzing their field notes, and then writing reports describing what's happening across the country. These reports will be designed to find out who's hurting, why they're hurting, and how we can better respond to the crisis. Students interested should submit the following application:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdOZsnpOCg4zTRbVny0ikxpZEd1AFEEJh3K9KjvINyfbWMGw/viewformnnThe course is open to students who have taken it in earlier quarters, with repeating students allowed to omit the training sessions and, in lieu of those sessions, complete additional field work and writing. Field work will include unique interviews with new participants each lab period, along with corresponding coding, analyses, and reports.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
URBANST 194: Internship in Urban Studies
For Urban Studies majors only. Students organize an internship in an office of a government agency, a community organization, or a private firm directly relevant to the major. Reading supplements internship. Paper summarizes internship experience and related readings.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Edwards, M. (PI)
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Griggs, G. (PI)
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Kahan, M. (PI)
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Griggs, G. (PI)
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Kahan, M. (PI)
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Litvak, L. (PI)
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McAdam, D. (PI)
URBANST 195: Special Projects in Urban Studies
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Chan, D. (PI)
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Glanz, D. (PI)
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Griggs, G. (PI)
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Chan, D. (PI)
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Glanz, D. (PI)
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Griggs, G. (PI)
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McAdam, D. (PI)
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McDermott, M. (PI)
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