Urban Sociology ((3))

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Students will learn concepts, processes, and theories useful in understanding the nature of urban structure and urban life. We will focus on historical and current processes as they operate both within and between cities in the U.S. and internationally. Typical topics include historical urban development, general patterns of urban growth, suburbanization and urban sprawl, the experiential nature of urban environments, ways that dynamics of power, class, race, and gender influence urban patterns and everyday experiences. Critical perspectives on urban planning practice from the standpoint of sociological understandings of urban processes will also be addressed.