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An interdisciplinary perspective on planning theories, principles, and practice. Focuses on the planning process, particularly at the local level. Explores the political, economic, social, and legal forces that influence the planning function and the roles of planners. Changing concepts in practice are also considered. May be taken at PSU as USP 311 for 2.68 semester credits. Recommended prerequisite: upper-division standing.
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Problems of housing, development, and redevelopment in an urban setting are analyzed from economic, demographic, and planning perspectives. Introduction to the nature of the urban economy and residential location, with a focus on housing problems and their associated social, physical, and racial aspects. Role of federal and community-based housing policies and programs. May be taken at PSU as USP 312 for 2.68 semester credits. Recommended prerequisite: USP 311.
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This course examines models of economic development by faith-based groups in an urban context. In particular the course focuses on how churches are serving their respective communities as catalytic agents of economic change. The course addresses the sociological, economic, and theological dimensions of community development. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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This course is a study youth in an urban environment, and the influence that the various media, institutions including the church, the Internet, popular culture, and social forces have on youth as “digital natives” and their identity formation. The course provides a social analysis of the institution of adolescence; the role of industry and its influence on the development of youth culture both in its urban and suburban/rural expressions. Biblical foundations for youth ministry, including the values, attitudes, norms and rituals of sub-cultures within the urban youth culture will be examined. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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This introductory literature course is an exploration of the city in fiction, poetry, and essay. It focuses primarily on American literature, on both the majority and minority experience of the city, including Hispanic, African American, Asian American, and Native American literature, though some non-American pieces will offer contrasts. Themes of community, isolation, diversity, utopia, and dystopia will be examined in print and film. What is and is not “the city” in its modern American conceptualization? The modern metropolis, its complex representations, and its diverse cultures will be of special interest to Business, Social Science, and Education students. The course meets the TSPC requirements for multi-cultural awareness. Prerequisite: EN 101; may be taken concurrently. 300 level by consent of instructor; upper division credit available for students who complete a major project. Satisfies the Core Studies requirement for Humanities elective in literature.
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This course examines the urban environment as the context for understanding education and the teaching culturally diverse students in city schools. It examines the history of urban education and the sociology of education in the city as a complex organization. Issues of multicultural education, school violence, language diversity, will be examined through a human developmental framework for analyzing urban institutions, racism and intercultural understanding. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the socio-historic development of cities and how urbanites “experience” the city in both in the United States and in the Two-Thirds World. It explores the process of urbanization and urbanism and their impact on interpersonal social life. Methodologies of studying the city will be examined. The course will devote time to a discussion of the cities of the 21st century. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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Traces the evolution of urban centers from the colonial period to the present. Focuses on the developing systems of cities, on growth within cities, and on the social formations that have grown up within and around urban centers. Particular attention is given to the industrial and modern eras, the history of Portland, and living in cities of the future. Prerequisite: Sophomore class standing.
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This course examines the nature of community in an urban context, as well as the sociological principles and concepts used in the study and analysis of the community. The social, economic, religious, and political issues and challenges faced in fostering and maintaining community spirit and organizations are also addressed. The course draws from a human development model, with its focus on operational value systems, as well as on levels of consciousness to understand the substrate of the spiral forces that shape urban communities. The course has a research component to examine the role of community organizations in addressing the needs of urban neighborhoods. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the various theoretical frameworks for analyzing urbanism, urbanization, human behavior in urban settings, and the structure and formation of cities. The course critically examines the various theoretical approaches to study of the city, including: the Chicago and Los Angeles Schools of Thought, the New Urbanism, as well as Integral Theory. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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