URBS 100 - Cities and Society

Unit(s): 4

Through this core class of the urban studies major, students will delve into theories and methods of urban studies. We will blend methods, learning to use historical understandings, political-economic analyses, and cultural landscape studies to better understand the rise and fall of cities. The core of the class will focus on California and the San Francisco Bay Area, taking advantage of our location in San Francisco to experience the theories and processes that well study in the city around us. We will pay special attention to our own back yard through a set of field outings to neighborhoods whose stories reflect key urban patterns.

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