Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Urban Sociology
Term
2023C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC1090401
Course number integer
1090
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Meeting location
EDUC 114
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Alec Ian Gershberg
Description
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the sociological study of urban areas. This includes more general topics as the rise of cities and theories urbanism, as well as more specific areas of inquiry, including American urbanism, segregation, urban poverty, suburbanization and sprawl, neighborhoods and crime, and immigrant ghettos. The course will also devote significant attention to globalization and the process of urbanization in less developed counties.
Course number only
1090
Cross listings
LALS1090401, SOCI1090401, URBS1090401
Fulfills
Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
Use local description
No