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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Hammarberg. Values-oriented field research using participant-observation-interview methods in contemporary American society, with a focus on language and communication, social roles, institutional settings, and the symbolic meanings of culture in ordinary daily life. A research paper is required. (15-20 page limit)
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. The last several decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the interconnection of cities around the world. The globalization of the economy, the spread of communications technology, major migrations between urban locations, increasing disparities between rich and poor, the dramatic growth of the "culture industries", and the increasingly popular quest for "place making" through urban design have all contributed to this process. This course will examine urban neighborhoods in the United States and elsewhere in the world. In particular, class readings and discussions will explore the wide range of ways (political, social, cultural; organized and informal) that individuals and institutions in urban neighborhoods have reacted to global transformations and what effects and consequences those reactions have precipitated.
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Thomas, Snyder. Previously URBS 429. Urban lifestyles have a reciprocal relationship with urban form. While lifestyle might have been once determined by the circumstances of birth, limited horizons and a hierarchical society, today social and physical mobility combined with increasing affluence makes lifestyle yet another choice in the construction of a modern identity. Lifestyle choices have become an engine of urban growth and are instrumental in the transformation of urban life and form of the city.
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Staff. Topics vary; see department for current description.
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Elo. Why do large racial and social class differences in health and mortality persist in the United States This course examines the magnitude of these differences and their causes and related public policies. Topics covered include: interpretations of race and ethnicity, racial differences in perceptions of health and illness, income distribution, social class, racial and ethnic differences in health, and historical and current debates on public policies related to poverty and health. Students in this class will learn how to generate and test explanations of social class and racial differences in health and evaluate and summarize data in multiple formats.
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Society Sector. All classes. Harknett, Kohler, Zuberi. This course covers selected aspects of population and the study of demography, including social, economic, and political issues: population explosion, baby bust, population aging, abortion, teenage pregnancy, illegal aliens, racial classification and population and development.
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Society Sector. All classes. Vitiello. Immigration is a controversial issue, dividing Americans from Congress to big cities to small towns. What's at stake in these debates What does immigration mean for cities and regions And what roles should policy makers, planners, and community organizations play in shaping migration and its impacts This course examines these questions in the context of immigrant, refugee, and receiving communities in the United States. It surveys public policy and community and economic development practices related to migration, at the local, regional, and trans-national scale. Class readings, discussions,and regular visits to a variety of Philadelphia's immigrant neighborhoods explore themes including labor markets, political mobilization, social and cultural policy, and the built environment. The first half of the course surveys migration and community development among a broad range of ethnic groups in different parts of the city and suburbs; the second half focuses on specific policy and development initiatives. Assignments include an opportunity to work with immigrant-serving organizations.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Thomas. This course studies the architecture of Philadelphia from the perspectives of aesthetic and social history. Relationships between architectural patronage, design and location, and community values will be examined and their implications for understanding the built environment will be analyzed.
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Staff. Topics vary. The current topic is "Writing in Concert." The class comprises two parts: teaching a common text and writing about the experience using memoir, reportage, and criticism. Students will learn the common text in close reading, discussion, and preliminary essay exercises. The idea is to develop an intimate relationship with a text, learn about yourself as a writer from your responses to it, and then, by creating a mini-course syllabus with lesson plans, learn how to help readers at different stages in life and literacy find their own ways to enter the text. Learning the work takes three to four weeks; teaching requires four to six, with some overlap. Students teach in several urban learning sites, each with its own challenges and charesma: high school English classes, a church-based book group, adult education centers, a recovery house, and homeless shelters. In April, students attend a reading by Sonia Sanchez at Art Sanctuary, a North Philadelphia arts organization at the Church of the Advocate.
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3.00 Credits
Nairn. Metropolitan nature explores the relationship between the natural and the built world through the production of urban landscapes. We will critically examine their evolution and the dichotomy between the natural processes on which our cities depend and the urban spaces we have constructed. Through readings, discussions and field trips, the course will explore urban ecology and the political, social, and cultural forces behind the development of our watersheds and water supplies, the metropolitan forest and ideas of constructed nature such as Central Park, our food supply and urban agriculture, and environmental justice and democracy.
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