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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Zettler. The archaeology of the complex societies of the Old and New Worlds from the end of the paleolithic up to and including the earliest civilizations.
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3.00 Credits
May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Charles, Kao, Zuberi. Previously URBS 214. The course will examine how social networks, neighborhood context, culture, and notions of race affect inequality and ethnic relations. The course reviews the studies of ethnic entrepreneurship, urban segregation, labor force participation, and assimilation processes. The course emphasizes how inequality affects ethnic relations as well as the economic and social integration of different groups in society.
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3.00 Credits
Harkavy. previously URBS 078; Benjamin Franklin Seminar. One of the seminar's aims is to help students develop their capacity to solve strategic, real-world problems by working collaboratively in the classroom and in the West Philadelphia community. Students work as members of research teams to help solve universal problems (e.g., poverty, poor schooling, inadequate health care, etc.) as they are manifested in Penn's local geographic community of West Philadelphia. The seminar currently focuses on improving education, specifically college and career readiness and pathways. Specifically, students focus their problem-solving research at Sayre High School in West Philadelphia, which functions as the real-world site for the seminar's activities. Students typically are engaged in academically based service-learning at the Sayre School, with the primary activities occurring on Mondays from 3-5. Other arrangements can be made at the school if needed. Another goal of the seminar is to help students develop proposals as to how a Penn undergraduate education might better empower students to produce, not simply "consume," societally-useful knowledge, as well as function as life-long societally-useful citizens.
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3.00 Credits
Goldstein, Stern, Creighton. Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement. This course will examine different ways of undertaking urban research. The goal will be to link substantive research questions to appropriate research methods. Micro-computer based quantitative methods, demographic techniques and ethnographic approaches will be the primary foci of the course. In addition to classroom assignments, students will have the opportunity to undertake their own research involving micro-based statistical analysis of data files which address relevant and timely public policy issues.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Hoerlin. This course views health care from the perspective of social justice by exploring political, social, racial/ethnic, and economic factors that impact access to care. It incorporates a broad definition of health (beyond the medical model) and focuses on inner-city populations disproportionately affected by health care disparities. A broad range of issues and their interrelationships are discussed; these include infant mortality, childhood asthma, violence, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and mental illness. Guest speakers who are key figures in the Philadelphia area are invited for class presentations.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course is an introduction to many of the key issues confronting urban public schools in America. We will examine some of the historical, social, and cultural contexts of urban education, as well as look at issues and events directly affecting the Philadelphia public schools. This class will enable students to gain a multifaceted understanding of urban education through the integration of direct observation and participation in Philadelphia public schools with class readings and discussions. We will also examine and critique recent reforms and policies, which have been designed to remedy the urban public school "crisis". This course will enable students to gain a critical framework for perceiving urban education as they develop a sensitive understanding of the complex issues confronting urban schools.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Gorostiza. This course will provide a general introduction to the concepts and practice of city planning. Topics to be discussed include: the process and nature of planning - theories, methods and roles as manifested in practice; history and trends in city planning; functional planning practice; planning within constraints--a field project; planning in the international arena; present crisis in planning.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Keene. This course will focus on selected aspects of urban law that are particularly relevant to areas of high population density. After an introduction to the American judicial system it will examine the governance of urban areas (state and local government law) and the management of urban growth (land use controls and other techniques for regulating new development).
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Berman. The built environment of a city is more than a mere backdrop; the design can affect people's experiences. Environmental design focuses on the relationship between people and the built environment. It also looks at how the built environment interacts with the natural one. This course will allow students to gain a deeper understanding of how people create, perceive, and use the designed environment. We'll approach these concepts by analyzing design at a variety of scales, from products to interior design to architecture. Finally, using that knowledge, we'll conclude by analyzing urban spaces of the city.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Nairn. The Public Environment of Cities explores urbanism, the study of the environmental, political, economic, sociocultural, historical, and aesthetic conditions affecting urban life and culture. At the heart of urbanism is our public environment; the parks, squares, and sidewalks in and upon which our public life is played out. The course will explore the city through the examination of three broad themes: Democracy, Diversity, and Design. We examine in detail how contemporary issues affect our perceptions, use, and inhabitation of the public environment and how the open spaces of the city provide frameworks for the daily social life and commerce as well as the important ceremonies, celebrations, and festivities of its inhabitants.
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