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URBANST 114: Cities in Comparative Perspective
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as 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. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, Aut (Inoue, M)
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URBANST 115: Urban Sustainabilty:Long-Term Archaeological Perspectives
3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as 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. 3-5 units, Spr (Shanks, M)
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URBANST 115 - Urban Sustainabilty:Long-Term Archaeological Perspectives
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URBANST 123: Approaching Research and the Community
3.00 Credits
Stanford University
How experience with community organizations provides a starting point for developing community-based senior theses or independent research projects. Principles and practice of doing community-based research as a collaborative enterprise between academic researchers and community members; how academic scholarship can be made useful to community organizations. Guest speakers from community organizations, faculty, and alumni of the Public Service Scholars Program. 2 units, Aut (Cotterman, K)
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URBANST 126: Spirituality and Nonviolent Urban and Social Transformation
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
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 WIlliamSloane 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. GER:DB-Hum 5 units, not given this year
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URBANST 131: Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur
1.00 Credits
Stanford University
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. 1 unit, Aut (Edwards, M)
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URBANST 132: Concepts and Analytic Skills for the Social Sector
3.00 Credits
Stanford University
Analytical methods, marketing, language, organizational mission, strategy, and finance in the for-profit and nonprofit social sectors. Focus is on the integration of theory and application. Opportunities and limits of methods from the profit sector to meet social goals. Enrollment limited to 20. GER:DB-SocSci 4 units, Win (Kieschnick, M)
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URBANST 133: Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory
3.00 Credits
Stanford University
Interdisciplinary student teams create and develop U.S. and international social entrepreneurship initiatives. Proposed initiatives may be new entities, or innovative projects, partnerships, and/or strategies impacting existing organizations and social issues in the U.S. and internationally. Focus is on each team's research and on planning documents to further project development. Project development varies with the quarter and the skill set of each team, but should include: issue and needs identification; market research; design and development of an innovative and feasible solution; and drafting of planning documents. In advanced cases, solicitation of funding and implementation of a pilot project. Enrollment limited to 30. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 131 and 132, or consent of instructor. 4 units, Aut (Edwards, M), Spr (Scher, L)
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URBANST 161: U.S.Urban History since 1920
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
The end of European immigration and its impact on cities; the Depression and cities; WW II and the martial metropolis; deindustrialization; suburbanization; African American migration; urban renewal; riots, race, and the narrative of urban crisis; the impact of immigration from Asia, Latin America, and Africa; homelessness; the rise of the Sunbelt cities; gentrification; globalization and cities. Final project is history of a San Francisco neighborhood, based on primary sources and site visit. GER:DBSocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, not given this year
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URBANST 162: Managing Local Governments
3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Stanford University
In-the-trenches approach. Issues in leading and managing local governments in an era of accelerating and discontinuous change. Focus is on practical strategies related to financing, public services impacted by increasing demand and revenue constraints, the politics of urban planning, private-public partnerships, public sector marketing, entrepreneurial problem solving, promoting a learning and risk-taking organizational culture, and developing careers in local government. Enrollment limited to 25; preference to Urban Studies majors. GER:DB-SocSci 3-4 units, Win (Boesch, D)
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URBANST 163: Land Use Control
4.00 Credits
Stanford University
Methods of land use control related to the pattern and scale of development and the protection of land and water resources. Emphasis is on the relationship between the desired land use goal and geographical landscape, physical externalities, land use law, and regulatory agencies. Topics include the historical roots of modern land use controls; urban reforms of the 19th century; private ownership of land; zoning; local, state, and federal land use regulation; and land trusts preservation. Smart growth, environmental impact consideration, private property rights, and special purpose agencies are related to current issues. GER:DBSocSci 4 units, Spr (Hall, R)
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